Weekly Tip 77

Install Intel Graphics Drivers

I had to roll back Intel graphics drivers this week on a number of machines to resolve some BSOD issues. I was surprised that it’s not well documented on how to silently install these drivers. You can find the silent install switch pretty easy, but not the overwrite switch or the one to stop WinSAT from running on restart. Here’s the proper command to install silently, overwrite existing drivers (especially if you’re downgrading like I was), and to stop WinSAT from executing on reboot:

setup.exe -s -overwrite -nowinsat

If you’re deploying as an application from ConfigMgr, you can use the Windows Installer code as your detection method, or the version of the driver (I chose the version field). Here’s where you need to look in the registry:

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