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Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't you just choose not to install the vendor driver in this case? It's your system, and if you chose to install the vend

by Alupis 10y ago

Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't you just choose not to install the vendor driver in this case? It's your system, and if you chose to install the vendor driver (even if it's broken/old), it should use it... no?

emeraldd 10y ago
You might not have a choice, say the vendor provides software (other than the driver itself) that is required to use the product and forces the driver install at the same time as the software.
bitJericho 10y ago
There's very few drivers that need to be manually installed anymore. Even fewer that require the absolute deletion of the previous version by the user. It's all automated now.
- thehardsphere 10y ago
  "Very few" can still be hundreds of devices that people still have to use.
  - bitJericho 10y ago
    Even those few almost always use an installer. Nobody's manually installing drivers except the hardcore enthusiast, whom this hardly affects.
    - thehardsphere 10y ago
      Tell that to my Fortune 500 client who has to support hardware devices that were discontinued 11 years ago For regulatory compliance reasons.
Someone 10y ago
If you don't trust your OS vendor to make such choices for you, why do you trust their OS? Consider a case where - a user installed a top of the bill vendor driver. - vendor goes out of business. - driver has enormous security issues/doesn't work with some newer hardware. - Microsoft releases an improved driver. Should Windows: - assume the user knows better and keep using the vendor driver? - ask the user whether it can remove the outdated vendor driver (and any older one(s) still present), so that the Microsoft-provided one can take over? (even if the vendor-provided driver targets a broader range of USB devices?) - do what it does now? I think the number of people who would rightfully want to still pick the vendor drivers can easily be counted on the fingers of one hand, so my $0.02 is on the last. All others would be baffled by any question asked and accidentally might pick the wrong answer.

by Alupis 10y ago

emeraldd 10y ago

You might not have a choice, say the vendor provides software (other than the driver itself) that is required to use the product and forces the driver install at the same time as the software.

bitJericho 10y ago

There's very few drivers that need to be manually installed anymore. Even fewer that require the absolute deletion of the previous version by the user. It's all automated now.

thehardsphere 10y ago
"Very few" can still be hundreds of devices that people still have to use.
- bitJericho 10y ago
  Even those few almost always use an installer. Nobody's manually installing drivers except the hardcore enthusiast, whom this hardly affects.
  - thehardsphere 10y ago
    Tell that to my Fortune 500 client who has to support hardware devices that were discontinued 11 years ago For regulatory compliance reasons.

Someone 10y ago

If you don't trust your OS vendor to make such choices for you, why do you trust their OS? Consider a case where - a user installed a top of the bill vendor driver. - vendor goes out of business. - driver has enormous security issues/doesn't work with some newer hardware. - Microsoft releases an improved driver. Should Windows: - assume the user knows better and keep using the vendor driver? - ask the user whether it can remove the outdated vendor driver (and any older one(s) still present), so that the Microsoft-provided one can take over? (even if the vendor-provided driver targets a broader range of USB devices?) - do what it does now? I think the number of people who would rightfully want to still pick the vendor drivers can easily be counted on the fingers of one hand, so my $0.02 is on the last. All others would be baffled by any question asked and accidentally might pick the wrong answer.