Windows 7 randomly installs keyboard drivers to the mouse and shuts keyboard off for a few seconds

Cactus25

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Like in the title, I'm having an extremely annoying problem with my keyboard drivers.

They keep installing in all mouse-type devices in my computer despite checking the box "Never install drivers from Windows Update".

I've tried removing them manually (which does not change the way mouse works at all) but for some mysterious reason they come back

It's extremely frustraiting when your keyboard randomly stops working because some random-ass drivers install into your mouse.

My computer runs on Windows 7 and 7th generation intel CPU. I think it might have something to do with it because I didn't have the same problem on ivy bridge-e cpu.

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^ these are the exact same drivers that are installed by default in my keyboard and keep installing in my mouse as well.

EDIT: That's what happens immediately after keyboard disconnects - as shown on the image below, drivers start installing for no reason whatsoever

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Solution
Windows update doesn't install keyboard drivers when you plug in a simple USB device. Windows contains a driver library for many types of device and it applies drivers to new devices that connect the the PC. It install drivers automatically when you attach a device to the PC. It looks like Windows thinks your keyboard is a mouse based on its controller. If it's installing the wrong ones you can manage your drivers with device manager and right click properties on the particular device that is having issues and try to manually change the drivers.

Side note: Windows 7 is not supported on the the Kaby Lake (Intel gen 7) platform.

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Windows update doesn't install keyboard drivers when you plug in a simple USB device. Windows contains a driver library for many types of device and it applies drivers to new devices that connect the the PC. It install drivers automatically when you attach a device to the PC. It looks like Windows thinks your keyboard is a mouse based on its controller. If it's installing the wrong ones you can manage your drivers with device manager and right click properties on the particular device that is having issues and try to manually change the drivers.

Side note: Windows 7 is not supported on the the Kaby Lake (Intel gen 7) platform.
 
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