Microsoft is making Windows Update a lot less disruptive. Microsoft is making Windows Update a lot less disruptive. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Microsoft is looking to fix an issue that occurs when Windows Update installs a faulty driver by rolling it back to a previous, functional version. This Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery for Windows ...

Windows 11 users are not happy campers at the moment for multiple reasons, but Microsoft is doing something about an issue around updates. The company just introduced "Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery" ...

Experts sometimes talk about fixing Windows updates. I only understood why when an automatic background update wiped out my audio configuration. A configuration that had taken a lot of fine-tuning was ...

Windows 11 now prioritizes built-in IPP printer drivers, with older hardware and vendor-specific workflows potentially ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft fixed an issue that caused some Windows devices to install driver updates without notice despite policies configured to prevent auto-updates. In an admin center incident report ...

Forward-looking: Microsoft has traditionally maintained strong backward compatibility with older hardware and software. However, the company is now working to phase out as many legacy drivers as ...

Microsoft is looking to fix one of Windows 11’s long-running pain points: broken or unstable drivers pushed through Windows Update. The company has introduced a new system called Cloud-Initiated ...