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Fix: Windows 11 Keeps Installing Old Intel Graphics Driver
Often device incompatibility often leads to this driver error
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Updated onAugust 23, 2024
updated onAugust 23, 2024
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TheWindows Update Assistantis in charge of selecting updates to be installed. The tool sometimes rolls out older driver versions to be installed. This causes Windows to keep installing the old Intel graphics driver. If you’re experiencing this issue, this article has all the fixes needed to resolve the error.
Why does Windows keep installing old intel graphics drivers?
Now that we know the problems behind this issue, let’s fix it with the solutions below.
What can I do if Windows keep installing old Intel graphics driver?
Before we proceed with more advanced solutions, here are a couple of quick fixes you can apply:
If the above steps couldn’t fix the error, here are more advanced solutions you can perform.
1. Adjust driver installation settings
Changing the driver installation settings is one of the first solutions you should attempt if Windows 11 keeps installing old Intel Drivers.
2. Uninstall the older versions of Intel drivers
When you uninstall older driver versions, you’ll have tomanually reinstall the drivers. Without the drivers installed, your PC will experience a series of errors.
This process is not always working smoothly and you can encounter driver incompatibilities that may lead to system risks. So, you can switch to a driver-dedicated tool that will scan your PC and reinstall any drivers in no time.
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3. Roll back Windows Updates
While trying to roll back the drivers update, you might run into theunable to install drivers error. Ensure to read our guide to help you fix the error.
If the Roll Back Driver option is grayed out, you don’t have an older driver to get back to.
4. Disable Automatic Updates for Windows Drivers
This method of excluding drivers from Windows Update only works with the Pro and Enterprise Edition of Windows 11.
Manually installing drivers is a time-consuming task and often very complex. It’d be more beneficial to use anAutomatic Driver Update tool.
Intel has its own tool that can help you update drivers, however, many reported thatIntel Driver Support Assistant is not workingproperly, but that can be fixed.
If you’ve got any more suggestions on how to fix Windows 11 keeps installing old Intel Drivers, you can let us know in the comments below.
More about the topics:Graphics Drivers,Windows 11
Vladimir Popescu
Being an artist his entire life while also playing handball at a professional level, Vladimir has also developed a passion for all things computer-related.
With an innate fascination for research and analysis, and realizing many other people share his passion for this subject, he delved into writing Windows-related articles, so other people can also benefit from the acquired information.
When not writing kick-ass articles, Vladimir likes to spend his time doing Crossfit and creating art.
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