Question Windows driver updates vs manufacturer driver

[Milan0308]

So windows downloading a newer driver that's on the manufacturer site (Asus) such as: Intel management interface. I check it on armoury crate too. I saw that newer drivers are not always the best for my hardware. So should I disable windows drivers update? And windows not download my chipset driver or seriall IO. I download them from Asus.

 

[Milan0308]

So windows downloading a newer driver that's on the manufacturer site (Asus) such as: Intel management interface. I check it on armoury crate too. I saw that newer drivers are not always the best for my hardware. So should I disable windows drivers update? And windows not download my chipset driver or seriall IO. I download them from Asus.

 

[Lutfij]

Always cross reference the drivers listed on your manufacturer's support site, don't use any third party app's to tell you so. Driver Easy is guilty of bricking functioning platforms.

To add, you shouldn't let Windows download and install driver it thinks is best for you sine that can also cause BSoD's.

 

[Milan0308]

Always cross reference the drivers listed on your manufacturer's support site, don't use any third party app's to tell you so. Driver Easy is guilty of bricking functioning platforms.

To add, you shouldn't let Windows download and install driver it thinks is best for you sine that can also cause BSoD's.

Thank you! If I set it to NO in system->hardware->device installation settings that will be right?

 

[Lutfij]

If your platform is new/concurrent, you don't need to do any of that, just make sure you're on the latest drivers and Windows won't butt in.

 

[Milan0308]

If your platform is new/concurrent, you don't need to do any of that, just make sure you're on the latest drivers and Windows won't butt in.

But the problem is that windows download a newer driver than on Asus website. So windows will override that I download from Asus.

 

[ubuysa]

Windows driver ARE manufacturer drivers. Hardware vendors submit new and updated drivers to the Windows Hardware Quality Lab testing suite (WHQL). Once the hardware vendor has WHQL certification for their drivers they submit them to Microsoft for inclusion in Windows Update. Whether these drivers are made available on the vendor's website is up to the vendor.

The hardware vendor marks each driver as 'automatic' or 'manual'. Automatic causes Windows Update to install the driver on every applicable system. Manual causes the driver to be placed in the list of optional driver updates and then it's up to the user to install it or not.

To be clear then, these are not Windows drivers, they are real hardware vendor supplied drivers delivered by Windows Update.

The problem is not Windows Update, the problem is the hardware vendors. If they are tardy in WHQL testing or submitting drivers to Microsoft then Windows Update will not contain the latest drivers - this is common with drivers that change often, like graphics drivers. It's also a problem for smaller hardware vendors who don't have the time or resources to WHQL test their drivers or submit them to Microsoft; Windows Update will thus never contain these drivers. It's also a problem with leading edge hardware, where the drivers for it have not yet been WHQL tested.

My advice is to allow Windows Update to install all drivers that it can. Graphics drivers however should pretty much always be obtained direct from Nvidia or AMD (except for laptops, don't use generic drivers with laptops). If you then have problems check in the optional updates for any manual drivers that are available to install, and if none are available then check the device vendor's website for drivers.

Don't EVER use a third-party tool (like DriverEasy) to find and install drivers!

 

[Milan0308]

Windows driver ARE manufacturer drivers. Hardware vendors submit new and updated drivers to the Windows Hardware Quality Lab testing suite (WHQL). Once the hardware vendor has WHQL certification for their drivers they submit them to Microsoft for inclusion in Windows Update. Whether these drivers are made available on the vendor's website is up to the vendor.

The hardware vendor marks each driver as 'automatic' or 'manual'. Automatic causes Windows Update to install the driver on every applicable system. Manual causes the driver to be placed in the list of optional driver updates and then it's up to the user to install it or not.

To be clear then, these are not Windows drivers, they are real hardware vendor supplied drivers delivered by Windows Update.

The problem is not Windows Update, the problem is the hardware vendors. If they are tardy in WHQL testing or submitting drivers to Microsoft then Windows Update will not contain the latest drivers - this is common with drivers that change often, like graphics drivers. It's also a problem for smaller hardware vendors who don't have the time or resources to WHQL test their drivers or submit them to Microsoft; Windows Update will thus never contain these drivers. It's also a problem with leading edge hardware, where the drivers for it have not yet been WHQL tested.

My advice is to allow Windows Update to install all drivers that it can. Graphics drivers however should pretty much always be obtained direct from Nvidia or AMD (except for laptops, don't use generic drivers with laptops). If you then have problems check in the optional updates for any manual drivers that are available to install, and if none are available then check the device vendor's website for drivers.

Don't EVER use a third-party tool (like DriverEasy) to find and install drivers!

I know these are not Windows drivers. I thought about Windows can download and install drivers wrong. I have to download a lot of driver for myself. Btw thank you! I will stick to downloading it from Asus site because if I enable Windows handle drivers, then I got all time DeviceSetupManager 131 event log error till I disable that function in Windows.

 

[ubuysa]

Whatever works best for you.