Intel Publishes Its First Modern Windows Driver for PCs (pcworld.com)

Intel has published its first Modern Windows Driver for several of its modern integrated GPUs, representing a new way for graphics drivers to be pushed to your PC -- and something to keep an eye on until the new driver infrastructure settles in. From a report: Modern Windows Drivers, also known as Universal Windows Drivers, are a new feature of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update that takes advantage of the UWP infrastructure within Windows 10. As Microsoft explains it, a Modern Windows Driver is a "single driver package that runs across multiple different device types, from embedded systems to tablets and desktop PCs." The first Intel driver to take advantage of this is labeled UWD 25.20.100.6444. Microsoft doesn't intend for you to do anything different to obtain the new Modern drivers. If you own a prebuilt PC, the PC maker will continue to be the first place you should check for updated drivers, according to an Intel FAQ. That's because the universal driver includes a base driver, plus optional component packages and an optional hardware support app. The latter two are written by the system builder or OEM, while the former is written by the GPU maker itself.

Comments

No, just no...

[Anonymous Coward]

No, I don't want your bloated driver code that you had to make run on all these different systems. I want the driver that was designed to be efficient on the hardware and OS that I installed.

Bleh.

More ways to screw up your system

[smooth wombat]

On a regular basis, when the "updates" and "patches" are pushed out, we invariably have people whose drivers have been replaced by these supposedly universal drivers.

Then we have to go back and put in the original drivers we use in our images to get them up and running.

I wonder how many end users will be afflicted by this bug and not have any clue how to correct things?