stop Windows 10 from searching for printers and scanners
Straightforward guidance of GPO to UNCHECK or DISABLE, PRIVATE Network Profile, option “Turn on automatic setup of network connected devices, option selection, which is ENABLED by default and despite mysteriously being reenabled on multiple occasions…
This GPO, will fix this issue permanently.
and are utilizing this private framework.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NcdAutoSetup\Private
Create REG_DWORD (32-bit): AutoSetup
Value: 0
Set Value to “ZERO”, 0 to DISABLE or “ONE”, 1 to ENABLE this option
You can use path outlined above, to create your own script, write a command-line registry entry or craft an Group Policy, as intended for individual domain or workstation, as you see fit.

