Displaylink keeps reinstalling

[AlbanRampon]

Hello,
When you add a USB peripheral to Windows, its drivers install automatically. That's a Windows feature.
Therefore, when you connect your docking station, Windows fetches the drivers for it and installs them.
Your Toshiba Dynadock uses DisplayLink technology and therefore needs drivers to work.
To answer your question, you can either not use any docking station or disconnect your computer from the Internet. However, you will lose the benefit of additional monitors through USB.

[wave_runner]

Originally Posted by arampon

Hello,
When you add a USB peripheral to Windows, its drivers install automatically. That's a Windows feature.
Therefore, when you connect your docking station, Windows fetches the drivers for it and installs them.
Your Toshiba Dynadock uses DisplayLink technology and therefore needs drivers to work.
To answer your question, you can either not use any docking station or disconnect your computer from the Internet. However, you will lose the benefit of additional monitors through USB.

Thanks. Here's the thing, I'm not using multiple monitors and as such the docking station works just fine without the Displaylink software or drivers. As I said, I experienced this years ago with Windows 7, and found a way to stop it from re-installing. I can't recall how exactly, but I think I was able to block the software download. I can't seem to figure out how to do that with Windows 10.

[AlbanRampon]

Hello wave_runner,
Your docking station from Toshiba might use DisplayLink technology for audio and network too. You could try disabling the devices you don't want in the Device Manager, making them non-functional.
Windows 10 has changed a few things and you cannot decline a critical update, without putting your hands in the engine.
Alban.

[wave_runner]

Thanks. I tried disabling the device in the device manager, but that hasn't done it.
Hopefully someone will come up with a way to permanently kill this in Windows 10.