Why do people even install 'drivers' for things like monitors. (Or usb devices running 'standard' protocols). The OS handles these just fine by itself.
Workaround:<p><pre><code> gpedit.msc
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Installation
Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata
Set to enabled</code></pre>
McAfee should be classified as a virus
Gamers Nexus have a video about this. Definitely worth a watch.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM</a>
Your OS silently installs malware. Doesn't get much worse than this.
it's worth noting that the price of these monitors got cut in half due to this news -- great for the linux users out there
They used to call this spyware/malware. Now it's a regular practice by eng. teams and managers inside these big corp. Well played guys :) Congrats with new type of tricks
Can confirm. This happened to me yesterday on my Windows 11 machine. Uninstallation was only listed in the Microsoft Store -> Library.
Not great, but also not at all surprising.<p>Not sure about other solutions, but one suggested workaround here would be to silently uninstall Windows without consent.
If you're using Windows on a personal device in the first place, you're pretty loudly declaring that your consent doesn't matter anyway.<p>That's not your computer, that's Microsoft's computer. You're the threat model they lock it down against, you're the schmuck that keeps them fed, and you're the possible terrorist/hacker to be surveilled, tagged, tracked, and monitored.<p>If you care about consent as it relates to your use of technology, you shouldn't be using Windows in the first place, and this has been obvious for well over a decade now.
Last 2 were LG, been looking at a new one but I guess I'll go with another brand that has their panels.
And Razer, Logitech, nvidia and everyone else who has it's driver <i>package</i> accepted into WU.<p>No, you can't have a "(o) just the driver" checkbox because... honestly there are a lot of reasons and the <i>device manufacturers</i> are the guys who demand that in the first place.
<i>[Laughs in Linux/BSD]</i>