Re:Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Win7 and Win8
by dcuthbertson on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @05:14PM
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Well, Msft attempts to use HCK/HLK to help ensure that the drivers out there are more stable. Once upon a time, there was no signing and some drivers caused the very unfriendly BSOD and Msft got the blame. There are a lot fewer of those today than there were before Msft insisted upon testing/signing things.
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Re:Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Win7 and Win8
by intsunny on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:13PM
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Nvidia drivers were once responsible for 30% of all Windows Vista crashes.
https://www.engadget.com/2008-03-27-nvidia-drivers-responsib...
Re:Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Win7 and Win8
by darkcha0s on Thursday October 29, 2020 @05:15AM
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Back in the day my Windows system would BSOD every other week for no apparent reason. I cant remember the last time I had that on my Win10 machine; I guess this was an overall improvement to consumers. I sympathise with the driver creators here, but I wouldn't want to go back to those BSOD times, just so that some niche drivers can be signed on Win7 systems.