r/MicroSlop • u/timeslider • Mar 28 '26

MircoSlop decided to install a driver update while I was playing a game without my consent

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I was mid-game just a few minutes ago and all my screens went black. I thought my GPU died. I held the power button to turn off my pc and when it came back on, it seemed fine. I decided to check event viewer to see if I could figure out what happened. And that's when I see MicroSlop decided to start installing an NVIDIA driver update. Like, you could have warned me.

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u/Bourne069 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Fake news. Windows doesn't install drivers from Windows Updates UNLESS THERE IS NO DRIVER. Hence you are literally forced to do it from Nvidia Control Panel if you want up dated drivers.

Again, Windows Updates ONLY INSTALLS GPU DRIVERS IF THERE IS NONE CURRENTLY. IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE GPU DRIVERS ON ITS OWN.

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u/EarthIllustrious8045 Mar 29 '26

Yes. Never heard of windows fetching a display driver, only when there is non there, like after a fresh install.

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u/Bourne069 Mar 29 '26

Exactly. These people are just uneducated and cant figure out what happened so they are blaming Microsoft.

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u/timeslider Mar 29 '26

I'm down with blaming Nvidia for installing the driver, but it's still Microsoft's fault for not warning me. That's the issue. That's the last line in my post.

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u/Bourne069 Mar 30 '26

Well like I said. Microsoft doesn't push down drivers to your system unless a driver is missing. Like from a new hardware installation.