Solved Optional Update - not sure what it is ?

Received the following update from M$ today, not sure what it is wanting to do -

"nVidia - Graphics Adapter WDDM1.1, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.2, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3, Other hardware - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Download size: 252.2 MB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Optional

nVidia Graphics Adapter WDDM1.1, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.2, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3, Other hardware software update released in February, 2015"

Could someone shed some light on this ?


Thanks

Joe

This is an update to your NVidia graphics card drivers, etc. It is optional because it is not necessarily required.

I personally always go to the manufacturer's (NVidia in this case) support site and get the latest drivers from there if I feel I need to update them.

Paul

It's because of the kernel patch from a recent patch Tuesday - apparently they updated certain parts of their driver stack to work properly with the new update. Hence the drivers are on WU as well as available from nVidia.

Thanks guys, I thought that is what this update was, and "yes" I always go to the Nvidia site to get the driver updates -

I downloaded the new driver from the Nvidia site yesterday (341.44), and then as usual I used "Geekuninstaller" to remove the old driver and components, been doing it this way for years, reboot and install the new driver and components - did not work this time however - driver install "failed"

Not sure what the problem is ???, had to use System Restore point, Device Mgr. did not even have the "roll back" option,

I know I can use Device Mgr. to update the driver, I just prefer to do it the way I described above -

Any thoughts on what may have happened, I am back to driver (340.52) all is well, just don't know why my old way of uninstalling old and installing new drivers didn't work -


Thanks

Joe