I have to edit my last statement.
In my current install of Win 11, I actually have to use the group policy editor in order to prevent Windows Update from including drivers. The reg entries don't seem to help anymore on the current version.
For me, ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate seemed to still have an effect of minimizing driver updates, but it did not completely stop them.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\PolicyState]
"ExcludeWUDrivers"=dword:00000001
This reg key above in addition to what...