A driver is a small piece of software that helps your PC communicate with a certain piece of hardware, like your mouse, keyboard, or printer. Every once in a while, though, those drivers may require ...

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

Microsoft's new Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery feature automatically rolls back broken drivers pushed through Windows Update ...

Microsoft is changing its policy to try to fix one of the longest-running issues Windows users have experienced with Windows Update (WU). In a few months, ...

When it comes to phones, most software is updated through a unified process. With an iPhone, you get all your operating system updates from Apple and all your individual app updates from the App Store ...

The company is also trying to prevent driver problems before they happen with a new initiative.

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 ...

Microsoft is giving its Windows Update software stack more power, and the tool will soon be able to update other software and drivers within Windows systems. The company is establishing the capability ...