Yeah.if you're having hardware issues, go to the vendor site and do some reading. The drivers from Windows Update are supposed to be both Microsoft and hardware (vendor) certified. It could simply be the way the Windows Update client updates the drivers. If you're using something like MDT 2010 or OSD (i.e., imaging), the drivers will apply correctly. However, hardware vendors also assume each client is as up-to-date as it should be when releasing to Microsoft to distribute through Windows Update. Even if you visit the vendor's site, they'll give you things like BIOS revision level requirements, etc. My guess is that the PC's BIOS or some other hardware revision isn't where it should be. When imaging using one of the afore mentioned technologies, it gives you time to review hardware revisions prior to deploying current drivers.
But beyond that, any kind of update needs to be "managed" in a way where you can test in an example of your environment prior to deploying to production. I know it's not seemingly feasible in some situations, but I would think that, particularly for hardware drivers, that it would become a supported policy by now. One could definitely save frustration, man hours, and business services productivity. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 7:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers 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! John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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