US EditionMicrosoft to stop pushing older Windows 11 drivers through Windows Update
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Microsoft has adjusted its Windows update strategy to stop pushing older versions of drivers and clean up older versions to avoid duplicate installation issues. Users will only get the latest drivers.
Microsoft to stop pushing older Windows 11 drivers through Windows Update
Windows Update will no longer offer older legacy drivers when a newer replacement driver is available on Microsoft’s servers. This change is now rolling out to everyone, but does it mean Windows Update will finally stop replacing newer drivers installed manually via Intel, AMD or Nvidia’s download portals? Unfortunately, not. In a support document first spotted by Windows Latest, Microsoft describes the policy shift as a “periodic cleanup of dri…
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