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Windows Office Hours: August 18, 2022

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Thursday, Aug 18, 2022, 08:00 AM PDT
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Get answers to your questions about managing the Windows devices used by remote, onsite, and hybrid workers across your organization, and keeping those devices up to date effectively! Get tips on rol...
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Updated Oct 12, 2022
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IT_Ninja
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Aug 18, 2022
In Windows Updates, can you explain what optional drivers are? Will they be a part of Windows in the future?
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David_Guyer
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Aug 18, 2022
Hi David, Whether a driver is optional or required is determined by the driver publisher, and for various reasons. An optional driver is not necessarily going to become required in the future. Some have fixes for very specific, or rare issues. Often BIOS updates will be published to WU as optional, for example. -David
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Aug 18, 20228:00 AM - 9:00 AM PDT