Microsoft claims it’s fixing Windows Update so it won’t downgrade your graphics drivers

One of the top pieces of customer feedback in the graphics driver area is clear:Windows Update downgrades my drivers."Today, we are announcing a policy change to how display drivers are published through Windows Update - allowing2-Part HWID + Computer Hardware ID (CHID)targeting fornew devices. This change gives customers more control over their display driver of choice while preserving OEM control over the devices they ship.

Garrettd at Microsoft's Hardware Dev Center

Windows Update randomly downgrading your graphics drivers seems to be a common enough occurrence that its supposed fix deserves its own feature announcement and blog post. This is a real operating system that runs on most of the world's PCs.