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In this case, I think it's fair to blame Razer. They are clearly installing way more than a driver.
by cosmotic 5y ago
In this case, I think it's fair to blame Razer. They are clearly installing way more than a driver.
- andix 5y agoOff course. But as a Windows customer I would expect Microsoft to prevent such issues.
- cosmotic 5y agoI agree they should block this sort of stuff, but don't count on it; When I plug in a Microsoft mouse, a Microsoft IntelliMouse install wizard pops up. In the end, the driver is running executable code which could (I believe) just start an EXE install wizard anyway so this seems unpreventable.
- wvenable 5y agoA privileged executable can always launch another executable with less privileges.
- contravariant 5y agoIf Microsoft lets anyone owning a Razer mouse/keyboard do whatever it wants to anyone's computer then that's on Microsoft as well. If only Razer customers are affected then, sure let's put all of the blame on Razer but this affects everyone using Windows 10. There are some very good reasons why you cannot simply install device drivers without admin rights and if Microsoft chooses to wave those rights for trusted suppliers then they can very much be blamed for this kind of oversight.