OK, I let windows update install the downgrade, then went to device manager and looked at the available drivers. My newer Intel driver was there as well as the older Dell driver. I told it to update with the Intel driver. It did, both drivers are still present on the system. I hid the driver update. Windows Update no longer wants to update my driver, says I am up to date, no restarts were necessary, and I think I'm good.
My Intel display adapter UHD driver is 27.20.100.8664 dated 6/1/2021. Device Manager tells me this is the latest driver. Windows Update tells me this is the latest driver. Intel Driver and Support Assistant tells me I need to update to driver 31.0.101.3222 dated 7/26/2022. I have done this successfully repeatedly. Device Assistant then tells me this is the driver that is now installed, and that this is the latest version, which Windows update confirms. A couple of days later I get a notice from Intel Driver and Support Assistant that my driver needs to be updated, and I find that it has been changed back to the old driver. This keeps repeating in an endless cycle. How can I stop this? The system is a Dell Dimension XPS-8940 with an Intel i9 11th gen processor running Windows 11 pro.
XPS 8940, Intel UHD driver