Windows 10 Improves Updating Drivers on Windows Update

Microsoft is continuously looking into ways to improve the experience with Windows Update, and the next step for the company appears to be the driver department. The company has revealed recently that Windows 10 version 2004 (and the new versions that would launch in the coming years) will change the way optional (also referred to as manual) driver updates are pushed via Windows Update. “In the past, when a user connected a peripheral device (a web camera, for example) to their machine for the first time, and that device had a manual driver (formally known as an optional driver) available on Windows Update, the manual driver was automatically installed on the user's machine. The user had no control over the decision,” Microsoft explains. So theoretically, when you connected a new device to your computer and no automatic driver updates existed, Windows 10 just downloaded the optional driver without asking you for consent. Only available for Windows 10 vers...