kiddingguy Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Today I received this Windows Update on my notebook; 2 Intel updates. Also the release dates/years are kinda odd... 1970 & 2016 However, Intel's own Driver & Support Assistant doesn't list any updates. Can I safely install these WU-updates, or can I better ignore - and not install - these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd Rage Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I saw those as well. I compared the "1970" driver to the driver I currently had installed, and it was a higher build number, so I installed it. No problems so far! Not sure why the crazy dates, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 40 minutes ago, Nerd Rage said: I saw those as well. I compared the "1970" driver to the driver I currently had installed, and it was a higher build number, so I installed it. No problems so far! Not sure why the crazy dates, though. For which 'devices' are these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 On my other notebook I have even more, the same, Intel driver updates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd Rage Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 24/09/2020 at 03:11, kiddingguy said: For which 'devices' are these? They are just standard chipset drivers, and they are back from 2017, so not sure why they are just now getting pushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 I think Microsoft is losing it... Today I got this update-message. And I doesn't even have a v5/v6 Intel gen CPU.... it's a 9th gen i7-9750H in my notebook. I mean, Microsoft... WTH?! Get you lions crossed! Mindovermaster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) Simply put, wow!! Not seeing any of those on my Intel based desktops. The 2 I've checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryokurin Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Intel didn't set a creation date for the driver so it defaults to Unix Epoch time (00:00:00 UTC 1/1/1970) There are a few that are dated 7/18/68. That's the day Intel was founded. The purpose is to make sure that if for example Dell comes up with it's own driver for the chipset it's chosen over the Intel one because the Dell one will be considered newer because of the creation date. Either way, it's fine don't worry about it. Elliot B., Tomoko, goretsky and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 It's not only my computer.... Also my girlfriend has these driver updates for an Intel Core i5 5th gen processor and some Dynalink updates, WD updates etc etc. All driver dates from 2017-2019. What's wrong here Microsoft? Or is this a 2004-update thingy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Windows is still losing its mind with these optional updates. Also the 'hide updates' doesn't fully seem to work. I have hidden this one already, but it's showing up again... What's going on here??? Mindovermaster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 19, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2020 Might want to give Windows a rest... I moved 100% to Linux 10 years ago, and never looked back. Once you break the learning curve, it's fun. But if you need it for work or whatnot, try using an earlier version and turn off the auto-update... adrynalyne and ZakO 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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