Microsoft: device driver quality is better than ever

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Microsoft revealed last month that the Windows 10 update quality improved a lot since the release of the operating system in July 2015.

The article was published as part of a series of articles to improve transparency in regards to updates for Windows.

Michael Fortin, Corporate Vice President, Windows and Tom Frankum, Director of Data and Intelligence, Windows, published a new article of that series yesterday on the Windows Experience blog.

Driver quality in the Windows ecosystem looks at the distribution and quality of drivers using Windows Update. Driver installation through Windows Update caused significant issues in the past, e.g. when old drivers were offered even though newer versions were installed already or when drivers were offered that were not designed for the particular hardware device.

Tip: you can disable driver updates through Windows Updates.

The driver distribution change starts at Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV) such as AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA. These test hardware components they develop; part of the testing involves making sure that the hardware is compatible with supported versions of Windows.

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/20/micros...than-ever/