Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't you just choose not to install the vendor driver in this case?
It's your system, and if you chose to install the vendor driver (even if it's broken/old), it should use it... no?
It's your system, and if you chose to install the vendor driver (even if it's broken/old), it should use it... no?
- a user installed a top of the bill vendor driver.
- vendor goes out of business.
- driver has enormous security issues/doesn't work with some newer hardware.
- Microsoft releases an improved driver.
Should Windows:
- assume the user knows better and keep using the vendor driver?
- ask the user whether it can remove the outdated vendor driver (and any older one(s) still present), so that the Microsoft-provided one can take over? (even if the vendor-provided driver targets a broader range of USB devices?)
- do what it does now?
I think the number of people who would rightfully want to still pick the vendor drivers can easily be counted on the fingers of one hand, so my $0.02 is on the last.
All others would be baffled by any question asked and accidentally might pick the wrong answer.