+1 and then only from the vendor that I purchased the hardware from in the first place. In the past I found that both Dell and HP like to modify the standard hardware in some manner. The supposed vendor of the hardware, say nVida, then offers drivers that do not work as well as the ones from the seller of the hardware. I have used Dell drivers offered by WU with out any issue on Dells. I don't remember seeing any from HP on the WU site but it has been a while since I last had my hands on any HP hardware. The Geek Squad is good at selling their services to those that purchase from BestBuy and they have contracts that prevent, at least that is how I read them, outsiders touching a machine they are contracted to keep working.
Jon On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Agreed. I'm much more choosy about hardware driver updates. I only apply > them upon an image update, or if theres a problem. > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Carl Houseman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I wouldn't say they "never" work. But as always, just because you have >> (or are offered) a thing, doesn't mean you *must* use it. a.k.a., if it >> aint' broke, don't fix it. >> >> >> >> Conversely, if it is broke, give the MS driver a try. >> >> >> >> Carl >> >> >> >> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Monday, May 17, 2010 5:24 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers >> >> >> >> Why in the world does Microsoft try to push out new drivers for video >> cards, especially nVidia video cards? They never work, and only make things >> worse! It’s been my experience that every time you let Microsoft try and >> auto-install an updated driver for a video card (especially nVidia-based >> cards) it just serves to mess things up! >> >> >> >> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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