Windows 10 - offline setup?

[deadite_9]

Some of you may have seen from my other thread that I will be upgrading my nephews' PC to Win10 in the coming weeks. In the meantime, I've decided to build a new toy and install Win10 for myself so that I can get a good feel for it before I go and trash their computer in the process.

My usual routine is installing the OS offline, installing preferred drivers, and then setting up Windows before finally installing AV, etc. Then I connect to the internet and start updating. Not sure if this approach is still going to be feasible with Win10, though.

Anybody know if this routine will continue to work? Or will I have to let it update first and foremost, and let it install the WinUpdate drivers that I really don't want before moving on? Just wanting to get an idea of what to expect so that I don't end up fighting with it and getting frustrated. I'm mostly talking about NV drivers, BTW.

 

[GanjaStar]

use DDU cleaner once, and use it's disable automatic driver feature the first time, to prevent nvidia driver installs from MS.

other than that, I think everything should auto install for you pretty much without issues. other than creative and nvidia drivers, I never had to install anything else manually.

also, a decent guide worth taking a look if you need the basics.

https://tweakhound.com/2015/12/09/tweaking-windows-10/

 

[deadite_9]

use DDU cleaner once, and use it's disable automatic driver feature the first time, to prevent nvidia driver installs from MS.

other than that, I think everything should auto install for you pretty much without issues. other than creative and nvidia drivers, I never had to install anything else manually.

also, a decent guide worth taking a look if you need the basics.

https://tweakhound.com/2015/12/09/tweaking-windows-10/

Thanks for the link!

Also, I didn't realize DDU could be used to tweak the driver installation setting (I honestly haven't used it in a long time). Does it actually display that option under Win10? The only thing I have to check it with at the moment is a Vista machine, and the only option I see listed is to restore the automatic driver settings to their default (i.e., turning the setting back on).