"“When a driver is identified as having quality issues during our shiproom evaluation process, Microsoft can now initiate a recovery action from the cloud, replacing the problematic driver on affected devices without requiring manual intervention from the user or the hardware partner,” the company explained."
"“Previously, if a vendor found a problem with a driver, remediation involved either a swift driver update or having the user perform manual steps to remove the faulty code. In some cases, users could be stuck with a defective driver for an extended period.”"
"“The change means Microsoft can now proactively kick off recovery action, rolling back the code to the last known good version via Windows Update. The hardware partner doesn't have to do anything to get the balky code off user computers - it's all handled by Microsoft.”"
"“For Windows device users, the change is expected to improve quality and reliability. Driver partners, meanwhile, can leave Microsoft to handle rollbacks when defects are detected.”"
Microsoft is implementing Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery to address Windows driver quality issues that can leave systems unstable. When a driver is flagged during shiproom evaluation, Microsoft can initiate recovery from the cloud and replace the problematic driver on affected devices. The mechanism applies to drivers distributed through Windows Update, allowing partners to deliver new code while Microsoft handles rollback when issues occur. Previously, remediation required a quick vendor update or manual user steps to remove faulty drivers, sometimes leaving users stuck for extended periods. With the new approach, Microsoft proactively rolls back to the last known good version via Windows Update, reducing user disruption and shifting rollback responsibility away from hardware partners.
Read at theregister
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]