Unbind a driver from PCIe device on windows
2014-07
user3461061
To unbind a driver from the device on Linux, we can use echo 0000:00:dev > /sys/bus.../unbind.
This just unbinds the driver from device and we don't need to uninstall the entire driver.
I want to do similar thing on Windows. I searched this forum but couldn't find anything for Windows. Can someone please help me out with it.
Jason
Assuming the device was using another driver previously, you can use the "Roll Back Driver" button under Computer > Properties > Device Manager > (device) > Properties > Driver.
If the button is not available, click the "Update Driver..." button instead, then "Browse my computer for driver software", then "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer", and select something other than the currently installed driver.
If for some reason you don't want to use a different driver and you don't want disable the device and you don't want to uninstall the driver from the system... this is not possible in Windows as far as I know.
Mohammad
I have Windows 7 64-bit build 7600 on my Sony VAIO VGN-AR890U laptop. In Device Manager there is a device which I've not yet found a driver for!
I've followed the Update Driver button's instructions and below is the result, but it doesn't resolve the problem. I was searching the web for the driver but I couldn't find anything special that resolved my problem.
How can I solve this?
Mohammad
Link for the driver is available here