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David_Guyer
Microsoft
MicrosoftA very good question.
The answer is in the targeting authoring for the drivers. A general driver, say from Intel, will typically have Hardware ID targeting, or HID. A more specific version, say by a device manufacturer like Lenovo will target with a more specific CHID. So, a device with an HID driver installed can install an update that is HID or CHID targeted, but once the device gets the CHID target then it can only get updated via a CHID targeted driver update to avoid installing a more general version that may be not be fully functional.
More details are in this article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/using-chids
HTH
Thanks for that - it would be handy if there was an override option to show multiple choices where there were matches, e.g. in the Surface example the only driver for the AX201 card that shows would be 22.80 as that's the lateset in the driver pack, but if you tick a box (and accept a warning) it shows you matching generic drivers too, which in this case would be 22.230 as that's the latest available from Intel for the same card.
- David_GuyerInteresting idea. Something we can take a look at. There's some tricky stuff here in overriding the update offering info that we'll have to work through, so it could take a bit or be something we couldn't do... but if we can, I can see several scenarios this idea would help out with.