New 'Driver Quality Initiative' aims to shore up quality and prevent bad drivers from proving to be an unnecessary battery ...

It sucks when a failing battery or a slow PC lets you down at crucial moments—and Windows 11 in particular has repeatedly ...

Microsoft just held its first WinHEC since 2018–yes, this surprised me, too–and it has a big announcement: The Driver Quality ...

Microsoft is testing Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, a Windows Update feature designed to roll back bad drivers with less manual IT work.

Microsoft has announced at the recent WinHEC 2026 in Taipei a significant change in how it evaluates third-party software.

Microsoft announced a new Driver Quality Initiative to improve Windows 11 stability, driver reliability, and hardware ...

At WinHEC 2026, Microsoft announced a complete overhaul of its driver evaluation process, shifting from a crash-only focus to one that also penalizes poor performance, power consumption, and heat ...

Microsoft is introducing a new capability that will allow it to remotely roll back problematic Windows drivers delivered through Windows Update. Called Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, the new feature ...

Microsoft has fixed a Windows Autopatch bug that caused driver updates restricted by administrative policies to be deployed ...

In a nutshell: Device drivers are a cornerstone of modern computing and a critical component of any properly functioning Windows machine. However, navigating the complex Windows driver ecosystem often ...

IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) is an internet protocol used for communication between the client devices (such as computers, mobile phones, etc.) and the printers via an IPP port. In Windows ...

Forward-looking: Microsoft has traditionally maintained strong backward compatibility with older hardware and software. However, the company is now working to phase out as many legacy drivers as ...