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Microsoft to Drop Support for Third-Party Printer Drivers on Windows (petri.com)

submitted 1 year ago by NotBadAndYou@ttrpg.network to c/technology

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“With the release of Windows 10 21H2, Windows offers inbox support for Mopria compliant printer devices over network and USB interfaces via the Microsoft IPP Class Driver. This removes the need for print device manufacturers to provide their own installers, drivers, utilities, and so on.  Device experience customization is now available via the Print Support Apps that are distributed and automatically installed via the Windows Store,” the company wrote.

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The thing is, on Linux you can see exactly what an update brings, and you can also block individual packages from updating. I doubt you'll get the same courtesy with Windows updates, it's all or nothing.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't used the more recent versions of Windows on a personal machine, but I know you at least used to be able to choose which updates you wanted to apply.

[–] recycledbits@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Control over individual updates was abandonded halfway through Windows 7, when they found out their algorithm for evaluating updates is exponential and has trouble finishing within 24 hours. So they moved to a linear sequence of all-or-nothing bundles and diffs.

They used to offer two tracks of those: everything and security-only. I don't think they do that anymore either.

You can uninstall individual updates after the fact. Not sure this actually works to any useful degree.