driver metadata

Microsoft wants Windows users to stop panicking when the Windows Update page shows what look like duplicate driver packages — the behavior is often intentional, and the platform is now better at picking the correct package for your hardware even when names, dates and version strings look...

Microsoft’s fresh support guidance — summarized recently by tech press — digs into a question that has long vexed Windows users: why Windows Update sometimes offers drivers that look old, redundant, or even “identical” to ones already on a PC. The short answer from Microsoft is a mixture of...