So I have an issue with the Intel Smart Sound for USB Audio device keeps getting re-enabled and is causing all kinds of USB issues. We can solve it by manually disabling the device; however this doesn't scale well and the system we use for updating graphics drivers etc. keeps re-enabling it (As it's supposed to in all fairness)
Is there a way we can make the disabling permanent? I was wondering if there is there a way of disabling via the registry?
Unfortunately, I don't know of another way to disable a device permanently than to disconnect it physically...
As the device returns after each boot when it's detected during the boot, you could set up a boot script that will disable it each time.
Possible tools are :
DevCon Disable. A standalone version of devcon is available from Github at DevCon-Installer.
Nirsof DevManView as described in How to disable, enable, and uninstall a device from command-line on Windows.
