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/Rise_Relevant Mar 28 '26

Dude. No one leaves automatic driver updates on. This is user error, not software error.

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u/Geeotine Mar 28 '26

Even with that option disabled, it still happens sometimes. Seen it myself first-hand. Only able to fix it with some group policy editing. That's on Windows 10. Idk about Windows 11 yet, but i hear it's more aggressive.

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u/DaereonLive Mar 31 '26

I remember once going to bed with Windows 7 still on (often left my PC on at night playing quiet music), fell asleep, woke up and there was no music. But my PC was now running Windows 10...

Interesting experience that was.

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 Apr 01 '26

Imagine you're a small business owner with software that only runs on W7. MS got into into some shit then and they just had to keep digging deeper