Windows Update trying to install NVIDIA Display Driver Update (32.0.16.1088)

Hello,

As per the title and screenshot, Windows 11 (26H2) automatically downloaded this NVIDIA Display Driver Update. To my knowledge, these NVIDIA updates are only automatically downloaded and installed on a fresh Windows 11 installation when no other display drivers are present. I already have NVIDIA driver version 596.49 installed (I prefer this version), so I am not sure why Windows is pushing an update I do not even need. It looks like it has already downloaded the driver and will install it automatically in the future, so I suspect that Wushowhide will not do anything.

There is a user on other forum who has the latest NVIDIA update (617.42) experiencing the same issue, so this seems like a bug. Does anyone know a fix for this?

You can prevent this from happening Enable or disable included drivers with windows updates

There is no issue, install it.
You can always roll it back.
Been using Nvidia drivers and updates for 25+ years and they make very little difference except maybe for people on the latest Graphics Card/games.
I do run an App that goes through all Graphics features for testing purposes.

Install the second one as well whilst only a preview it did fix one issue in a feature I use. the 'real' one comes along in 2 weeks or so anyway.

Helmut said:

There is no issue, install it.
You can always roll it back.
Been using Nvidia drivers and updates for 25+ years and they make very little difference except maybe for people on the latest Graphics Card/games.
I do run an App that goes through all Graphics features for testing purposes.

Install the second one as well whilst only a preview it did fix one issue in a feature I use. the 'real' one comes along in 2 weeks or so anyway.

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There have been frame pacing issues with smooth motion enabled on later driver versions, so I prefer 596.49. I find it more stable.

Updating the NVIDIA driver via Windows Update doesn't even install the latest driver, so for users with the most recent driver version (617.42), Windows Update will downgrade the driver, which makes absolutely no sense.