Предупреждение amd software adrenalin edition windows update may have automatically

Over the past few months, my Windows PC has developed an annoying issue. Sometimes when I boot up, I launch a game or video editing program… and get hit by lag and performance stutters. I might just about get 1 FPS in Rocket League if I’m lucky!

I then check Task Manager, and I notice that the graphics card is no longer showing up. Why is this? And how can it be fixed? The short answer is:

Windows Update can clash with AMD’s own driver management software, resulting in a mismatching GPU driver version – that stops the GPU from working. To fix this, you should re-install the AMD drivers, and stop Windows Update from doing this again in the future.

Overview: AMD vs Windows Display Drivers

Before diving into exactly why this issue happens, it’s worth recapping on the ‘battle’ between display drivers.

1-2 decades ago, when you purchased a new piece of hardware or a peripheral, it often came with a CD/DVD containing drivers on them. These ‘drivers’ are bits of software that tell the Windows operating system how to control the hardware (or peripheral). Without these drivers, Windows would often ignore the new hardware – or just say that it’s an unknown and unrecognized device.

You would plug in some headphones, and… nothing would happen. Or you would install a new graphics card, and then be stuck at some awful resolution when booting up Windows.

But since then, Windows started getting much better at automatically downloading drivers when you installed a new piece of hardware or peripheral. This works well in the majority of cases, however some devices are too complex for Windows to manage completely.

As a result, Windows will sometimes install a basic version of the required drivers, but the user can then install the full drivers later. When it comes to AMD graphics cards, you will now be able to boot into a good resolution (after installing a fancy new graphics card) – and you might be able to play some games too.

But you certainly won’t be able to use the full power from the graphics card, or turn on some AMD-specific settings like Radeon Super Resolution and Radeon Anti-Lag:

As a result, it is often better to go straight to AMD and install the graphics card display drivers from there – bypassing Windows entirely. After all, what’s the point in only having basic display drivers when you have some really expensive GPU?

Why AMD and Windows Sometimes Clash (And Windows ‘Deletes’ The AMD Drivers)

Windows is needy and clingy. There, I said it. Even if you make the sensible decision to bypass Windows (and install the full display drivers directly from AMD), sometimes it will come along and remove these drivers. The graphics card will then disappear from Windows, and the AMD Software suite will say:

“Windows Update may have automatically replaced your AMD Graphics driver. Hence, the version of AMD Software you have launched is not compatible with your currently installed AMD Graphics driver”

AMD Software suite warning

It links to a helpful AMD.com FAQ page, which explains that Windows has probably reset the graphics driver.

Gee, thanks Windows. I’ll go back to playing Cyberpunk 2077 with 1 frame a second! Who needs a fully functioning graphics card, anyway?

Well, I do. So here’s how to fix this problem once and for all.

How To Fix This (Two Simple Steps)

In general, you need to do two things here: reinstall the AMD drivers, and then stop Windows from resetting these drivers every few weeks.

Step 1: Restore The AMD Drivers

When you get the “Windows Update may have automatically replaced your AMD Graphics driver” error from the AMD software suite, you have two main options:

• Repair the drivers.
• Completely uninstall and reinstall the drivers.

To repair the drivers, simply launch the AMD installer (this is usually in the C:\AMD\ folder), and click “Repair” and “Drivers Only”:

Then restart your computer, and it should hopefully restore the proper AMD drivers.

But if you still have issues with the GPU missing, you will want to do a full uninstall and reinstall. The first step here is to go into Windows Settings, go into Apps and Programs and search for “AMD”:

When clicking “Uninstall” here, the AMD Software suite will appear and ask you which drivers to remove. Click the check box next to your graphics, and click “Uninstall”:

After this is done, you will need to restart your computer. At this point, you will not have any AMD graphics drivers left on your computer. You can then start the process of installing the display drivers again, by downloading the latest AMD Software: Adrenaline Edition program from AMD.com. Then click the downloaded “exe”, to start installing it:

After a minute or two, this will launch an AMD software launcher which asks you what to install. Here you can choose to install just the basic AMD drivers, or the full drivers and software suite:

Click install and (after another restart) the proper AMD GPU drivers will now be installed on your computer. This will restore the full graphics performance, allowing you to finally play games and get more than 1 FPS again – woohoo!

However this issue might rear its head again soon, so the final step is to stop Windows Update from resetting the display drivers again.

Step 2: Stop Windows From Deleting the AMD GPU Drivers In The Future

Unfortunately both Windows 10 and 11 suffer from this issue, whereby Windows randomly decides that your manually installed AMD display drivers are ‘old’ – thereby installing ‘newer’ drivers which are incompatible (and, in-fact, older than what you already had installed).

Many users suffer from this issue, and the only solution is to try and change an internal Windows setting to stop Windows Update from ‘fixing’ (i.e. corrupting) the AMD driver. There are three possible approaches here, although not all options work for all users:

1. Change ‘Device installation’ settings.
2. Use RegEdit to stop automatic driver updates.
3. Use Group Policy Editor to disable driver updates.

Option #1: Change ‘Device installation’ settings

Windows has a built-in option to download manufacturer’s drivers (or not). You can disable this by searching for “Change device installation settings” selecting “No” in the dialog box that appears:

While this option can work for some drivers, it is a bit less reliable in stopping Windows updates from overwriting the AMD GPU drivers.

Option #2: Use RegEdit

Some users have reported being able to modify a registry setting, to block Windows Update from impacting GPU drivers. To do this, launch regedit by pressing Windows key + R and typing “regedit”:

Then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies > Microsoft > Windows > DriverSearching, and find the option “DriverUpdateWizardWuSearchEnabled”.

Update the value to be “0” (meaning disabled), and click OK. Restart your computer for this change to take effect.

Note: not all versions of Windows will have this registry option available. If you don’t have a “DriverSearching” folder under “Windows”, you are probably running an unsupported version of Windows for this option.

Option #3: Set a Group Policy

Windows Pro has a Local Group Policy Editor, which is designed for system administrators to manage settings across a range of computers (on the same network). This Group Policy Editor also (thankfully) has an option to stop automatic driver updates.

The video below walks you through how to disable this setting, but in general you need to click Windows key + R (to launch the Run dialog), type “gpedit.msc” and navigate to Computer Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update, then enable the “Do not include drivers with Windows Updates” option:

Hopefully at least one of these approaches works for you! Some users report that nothing seems to work, and Windows keeps resetting their display drivers, but I was able to stop this issue via the group policy approach.

The error “Windows Update May Have Automatically Replaced Your AMD Graphics Driver ” means that AMD Radeon software cannot communicate with the installed graphics driver as it is not compatible because it has been replaced by Windows update.

This simply means that the Windows update utility has detected an update for your graphics driver from its server, which ended up replacing the compatible AMD graphics driver.

AMD Radeon Software needs to communicate with the compatible driver to do various tasks, such as providing access to the latest features, performance reports, driver updates, and more. 

According to the reports, the screen automatically goes black and starts flickering when users encounter this error message. Thus, it is essential to fix this problem as it is related to the graphics driver.

1. Roll back the graphics driver

The simple and basic solution to this issue is to roll back the AMD graphics driver. It is recommended to start troubleshooting by rolling back the graphics driver. When you update the driver, Windows automatically backs up the old driver, which can be installed later if the user experiences issues with the latest driver.

Since Windows has automatically updated the graphics driver, the Roll Back Driver option will be available. To roll back the AMD graphics driver, follow the steps:

1. Right-click the Start Menu button and select Device Manager to open it.
   
2. Now expand the Display adapters and right-click the graphics driver.
3. Select Properties and go to Driver.
   
4. Here click Roll Back Driver.
   
5. Select any reason why you are rolling back. Then, click Yes to install the previous driver.
   
6. If the Roll Back Driver option is disabled, then click Update driver.
   
7. Select Browse my computer for drivers and select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer.
   
8. Tick Show compatible hardware and select the old driver.
   
9. Then, click Next to install the driver. If that does not work for you, move on to the following methods.

2. Download the AMD graphics driver

Since the Windows update has replaced the AMD graphics driver with the incompatible one, you can try downloading the compatible AMD driver from the official site, which could fix this error. To do so, follow the steps:

1. Head to the official AMD site.
2. Select the graphic card and click Submit.
3. Then, select the Operating System and click Download.
   
4. Once the installer is downloaded, simply run it to install the graphics driver.
5. Once done, restart your computer and try launching AMD Radeon Software.

3. Use DDU to reinstall the graphics driver

If the error still persists, then you need to reinstall the graphics driver completely from the system. This can be achieved by using the Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) application. DDU allows users to remove the drivers with their associated registry files, which ensures a clean uninstallation without any file leftover behind. To use the DDU to reinstall the drivers, follow the steps:

1. Download Display Driver Uninstaller by navigating the website through the link.
2. Once you downloaded it, you will have to extract the folder. For that, you can use WinRar or 7Zip to extract the folder.
   
3. Open the extracted folder, and run the DDU 7Zip file to extract the DDU folder.
   
4. Now navigate to the extracted folder and run the DDU application.
5. Select the Device and the Device type.
6. Then, click Clean and restart.
7. Once done, follow the 2nd method to download the latest driver from the official manufacturer’s suite.

4. Disable Windows MPO

Windows Multiplane Overlay is a part of the display driver, and it is designed to reduce the CPU and GPU load. When this feature was introduced to Radeon Setup Tool, it started causing this error along with several problems, such as flicker or stutter. Therefore, try disabling the MPO feature by following the instructions.

1. Download the Disable MPO registry file through the link.
2. Once it is downloaded, open the registry entry file.
3. Click Run, and click Yes when UAC prompts.
   
4. Click Yes when it says Are you sure you want to continue?
   
5. Once done, restart your computer for the registry changes to take effect.

5. Perform a System Restore

If you are familiar with the System Restore utility, you may have created a restore point that can be used to revert to the previous version of Windows that did not have this issue. System Restore is a utility that saves the system files, drivers, and registry files into a restore point so if anything unusual happens, the user can use the System Restore utility to fix the issues.

To perform a system restore point, follow the steps:

1. Click the Start Menu and type the system restore command rstrui.
   
2. Hit Enter to run the system restore utility.
3. Click Next and select a restore point.
   
4. Again, click Next and click Finish to restore the Windows to a previous state.

That’s it! this will fix your issue. However, if certain settings are not configured correctly you can face this issue again if Windows update replaces the driver. To prevent it from happening again, you have to follow the following method:

Prevent Windows Update from automatically installing the drivers

In this method, we will tell Windows not to update the drivers from it’s database. Follow the steps:

6.1 Disable driver updates through Group Policy Editor

1. Click the Start Menu and type Edit group policy.
   
2. Hit Enter to open the group policy editor.
3. Navigate to the following destination using the left pane.
   Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage updates offered from Windows Update.
4. In the right pane, double-click the Do not include drivers with Windows update.
   
5. Select Enabled, click Apply and click OK.
   
6. Now your Windows will no longer include drivers in Windows updates. You can now install the latest AMD graphics driver to replace the driver downloaded via the Windows update utility to fix this error.
7. In case the error persists, try disabling driver updates using the registry editor.

6.2 Disable driver updates through Registry Editor

1. Open the Start Menu and type regedit.
2. Press Enter and click Yes when UAC prompts appear to open the registry editor.
   
3. Use the left sidebar to navigate to the following destination.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DriverSearching

   

4. Double-click the SearchOrderConfig and change its value data to 0 to dsiable the driver updates.
5. Once done, click OK, close the registry editor, and restart your computer.
   
6. Then, try installing the AMD graphics driver and see if the error is resolved.

In case you want to enable the Windows to update drivers from it’s database again, simply follow the steps mentioned above but this time put Value data to ‘1’ instead of ‘0’.

Windows Update May Have Automatically Replaced Your AMD Graphics Driver- FAQs

How to fix Windows Update replaced your AMD graphics driver?

Open Device Manager, right-click the graphics driver, and select Properties. Then, go to Driver from the top and click Roll Back Driver. Then, select any reason and click Next to roll back the graphics driver.

What causes Windows Update replaced your AMD graphics driver error message?

This error occurs when the AMD graphics driver is incompatible with the AMD Radeon Software. This often happens when the Windows update installs the graphics driver from the server. To fix this error, you need to install the compatible AMD graphics driver and also configure Windows not to include drivers in Windows updates.

Пользователи операционной системы Windows 11 столкнулись с новой неожиданной проблемой. ОС может автоматически устанавливать и обновлять драйверы. Обычно это полезно и хорошо. Однако сейчас система начала заменять более новые драйверы устаревшими версиями. А это приводит к другим проблемам — с определённым программным обеспечением.

Согласно жалобам пользователей в сети, Windows Update (Центр обновления Windows), ошибочно заменяет драйверы AMD в Windows 11 на устаревшие версии. 

Это приводит к тому, что пользователи сталкиваются с сообщением об ошибке AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, в котором говорится: «Центр обновления Windows мог автоматически заменить ваш драйвер AMD Graphics. Следовательно, версия программного обеспечения AMD, которую вы запустили, несовместима с установленным драйвером AMD Graphics».

Компания AMD подтвердила в документе поддержки пользователей, что установленный Windows драйвер для графического процессора Radeon несовместим с текущей установленной версией программного обеспечения AMD. Компания предлагает пользователям либо запретить Windows Update обновлять драйверы графики AMD, либо переустановить AMD Software с сайта AMD.

30 мая 2023 в 15:55

| Теги: Windows, Microsoft

| Источник: WindowsLatest, AMD