A Current Driver On Your PC May Be Better Than The Driver We're Trying To Install

We all know that Microsoft released Windows 10 Version 2004 in this May 2020. Since the release of this update, some new issues were discovered and Microsoft has resolved many of them. However, some devices have still not received the May 2020 feature update. When clients on those devices looks forward to upgrade, they instead see following message:

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A current driver on your PC may be better than the driver we’re trying to install. We’ll keep trying to install.

A Current Driver On Your PC May Be Better Than The Driver We're Trying To Install

Also, when the client tries the alternative method to upgrade such as using Media Creation Tool, the upgrade fails with The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase error during Replicate_OC operation message. If you’re also seeing this message, you might be wondering what is the problem and how to rectify it. Well, see if the advice provided below helps you.

A Current Driver On Your PC May Be Better Than The Driver We’re Trying To Install

FIX 1 – Wait, the message will be automatically go away at a time

The best and recommended option to resolve above message is wait. This problem occurs when one of your system driver is latest version, but Windows want to install its own recommended version and hence the OS fails to do so. This generates the above message. If you wait and if the currently installed driver becomes outdated in comparison with the one Windows trying to install, the message will automatically go away. Then Windows will itself prompt you to download and install the feature update. In this way, you literally don’t need to take any action at your own, except keep patience and wait.

FIX 2 – Block driver updates

Based on our research, it has been seen that Intel graphics drivers are usually the cause for this message. If you block the Intel driver updates via Windows Update, you might get this issue resolved. If that doesn’t helps, temporarily uninstall Intel graphics driver and check if that helps. Make sure you create System Restore point before uninstalling the drive.

Hope this helps!