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  "path": "/story/144957/microsoft-claims-its-fixing-windows-update-so-it-wont-downgrade-your-graphics-drivers/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T20:47:08.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.osnews.com",
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  "textContent": "One of the top pieces of customer feedback in the graphics driver area is clear: “Windows Update downgrades my drivers.” Today, we are announcing a policy change to how display drivers are published through Windows Update — allowing 2-Part HWID + Computer Hardware ID (CHID) targeting for new devices. This change gives customers more control over their display driver of choice while preserving OEM control over the devices they ship. ↫ Garrettd at Microsoft’s Hardware Dev Center Windows Update randomly downgrading your graphics drivers seems to be a common enough occurrence that its supposed fix deserves its own feature announcement and blog post. This is a real operating system that runs on most of the world’s PCs.",
  "title": "Microsoft claims it’s fixing Windows Update so it won’t downgrade your graphics drivers"
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