Afaik that GUI setting is supposed to actually control the whole “download driver and software” policy switch, if looking at this tutorial https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/15989-turn-off-device-driver-automatic-installation-windows-10-a.html
And that was supposed to work some months ago when there was the LG monitor debacle. For example this script GitHub - samuelcon41/lg-monitor-app-remover: Remove the silently-installed LG Monitor App adware from Windows (self-elevating PowerShell script) · GitHub
is flipping the same switch
Can you confirm that changing the setting has no effect on that key value in the registry?
It would be very “amusing” to me if Microslop “accidentally broke” the GUI that people have been using to block installation of bullshit like the LG spyware/adware companion app LG monitors install adware and spyware on windows