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Microsoft Will Soon Start Bundling Drivers With Windows Store Games (thurrott.com)

Posted by msmash on from the improving-things dept.

Microsoft will start bundling drivers with Windows Store games to improve the performance of the game once downloaded. A report on Thurrott adds: This will work by the game download trigging Windows Update to acquire the minimum driver requirements to make sure that application works as intended. This may perturb some users who like having complete control over the driver updates for their hardware as this auto-download mechanism will overwrite the existing installation of the driver. Of course, you can still roll-back the update but hopefully Microsoft gives us a way to stop the auto-download of the driver via the Windows Store when this feature arrives.

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  1. Obvious Solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't play games off Windows Store.

  2. Re:Great! by nehumanuscrede · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The problem is Microsoft is only looking at the requirements for a single application.
    Updating the drivers might work out great for that particular application, while completely borking up others you may have.

    On the tablet I use ( Wacom Mobile Studio Pro ) in addition to disabling as much of the telemetry as I can, the home router has
    instructions to prevent any tablet data from leaving the local network at all.

    If necessary, I can transfer files locally to and from a NAS unit when at home or I can just use a USB stick if necessary.

    I want the programs I have running on the tablet to perform without hiccup or issues. Something that's impossible to do when
    MS shoves an update down and breaks a bunch of shit in the process.