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Windows 10 Automatic Updates Start Causing Problems.
Last week Microsoft  confirmed every Windows 10 update will mandatory and installed automatically. This was met with a hostile reception from Forbes readers with over 100 comments on my news articlevoicing their concern. And now some of those fears have been realised…
With just four days left before launch, Windows 10’s policy of automatic updates has run into its first major problem and it is causing many PCs to stop working correctly.
Dreadful Drivers
The flaw revolves around Nvidia graphics cards with users taking to Nvidia’s forums to report Windows Update is automatically installing new drivers which break multimonitor setups, SLI (dual card) configurations and can even stop PCs booting entirely which pushes Windows 10 into its emergency recovery mode.
“Please pull these off Windows update!!!” writes Nvidia forum poster slycoder. “It makes my second monitor not work and lots of flickering! Please. I roll back and Windows Update reinstalls them :/”
“I second this,” agrees ZabaZu. “For multi screen users, that driver is flat out broken and it is beyond annoying that windows auto updates to it.”
Windows 7 and 8 users are now prompted to get Windows 10
Windows 7 and 8 users are now prompted to get Windows 10
Interestingly the problem has also been experienced by many user who has done some digging and explained to me that the fault lies in a conflict between Windows Update and Nvidia’s own driver and software management tool the ‘Nvidia GeForce Experience’.
“It looks like driver version 353.54 [the latest at time of writing] is available only via Window Update,” Monckton told me. “The problem is the Nvidia GeForce Experience then tried to downgrade that to the previous version while claiming the previous version was actually newer.”
The problem is compounded by the fact that Windows Update doesn’t actually reveal driver version numbers prior to install or warn the user in advance so pinpointing something that has suddenly caused problems can be hard to identify.
Nvidia GeForce Experience is a specialist tool which handles software and driver updates for Nvidia graphics cards as well as optimising performance on a game by game basis - Image credit Nvidia
Nvidia GeForce Experience is a specialist tool which handles software and driver updates for Nvidia graphics cards as well as optimising performance on a game by game basis – Image credit Nvidia
In the case of an SLI configuration Windows Update on Windows 10 also currently believes it has to perform two device upgrades when a single driver update covers both, which forces the update to install on top of itself.
Update Clashes
And here lies the crux of the problem: many PC components and peripherals come with bundled software that automatically manages driver updates already. PC makers also often bolt on driver update management software onto their PCs (Lenovo  is a notable example) which then has the potential to conflict with driver updates delivered by Windows Update.

Consequently unless Windows Update and third party driver management software receive updates at exactly the same time an ongoing battle of upgrading and downgrading can ensue between them. Third party software can be told to stop, but if the driver problem lies with Windows Update (as it does in this case) there’s no way to stop Windows 10 reinstalling it once removed, which causes the problem to come back again and again.
Microsoft's Biggest Hits And Flops
Hit: Windows XP (2001)

Hit: Windows XP (2001)
Released in 2001, Windows XP proved popular enough to last a good decade. It was Microsoft's first mass-market OS to support Windows NT, a powerful multiprocessing, multi-user OS.
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Interestingly, in previous versions of Windows this wasn’t a problem as Windows Update classed driver updates as ‘Optional’ and prompted users when they were available.
So what is the solution? Right now a couple of workarounds spring to mind…


Hit: Windows XP (2001)
Released in 2001, Windows XP proved popular enough to last a good decade. It was Microsoft's first mass-market OS to support Windows NT, a powerful multiprocessing, multi-user OS.
·          
Interestingly, in previous versions of Windows this wasn’t a problem as Windows Update classed driver updates as ‘Optional’ and prompted users when they were available.
So what is the solution? Right now a couple of workarounds spring to mind…



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