Microsoft finally tackles Windows Update's annoying GPU driver downgrade problem

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Driver Slop: Windows users have known for some time that Windows Update can break quite a few things, including the performance and reliability of modern GPU hardware. Microsoft is trying to mitigate this particular problem with a new policy designed to avoid conflicting driver issues.

Microsoft is changing its policy to try to fix one of the longest-running issues Windows users have experienced with Windows Update (WU). In a few months, Redmond's servers should avoid pushing older graphics drivers when customers have already installed a newer software kit provided by their hardware's OEM manufacturer.

As Windows 11 users are well aware, the whole WU process has turned into a dangerous game of security roulette rather than a reliable way to keep a Windows system up-to-date. Windows Update routinely makes a mess of Windows...

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