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They absolutely do, long before Apple did: WHQL (pronounced “wickle”). https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/19/driver-quality-in-the-windows-eco

• flowerlad 2y ago
  “Drivers are tested extensively through a process that involves many companies.” That didn’t happen. Apparently, the policy for drivers does not apply to kernel modules… WTF!!
  • efitz 2y ago
    the driver in question was tested and passed WHQL. CrowdStrike included functionality in the driver to interpret a downloadable file (similar to an antivirus signature file). The file in the problematic update was malformed, and the CrowdStrike driver did not handle this case properly; Windows was unable to continue given the exception in question[1]. No operating system can guarantee that a driver will never cause the machine to crash. This wasn’t Microsoft’s fault. [1] https://youtu.be/wAzEJxOo1ts?si=WZC1fq2Vro8K9vqS https://youtu.be/wAzEJxOo1ts?si=WZC1fq2Vro8K9vqS