New drivers added to XP service packs?

[Jon]

A quick curiosity question...

When Microsoft issues a service pack (eg SP3) does it include new drivers for devices that have
appeared since the original release of Windows, back in 2001?

Thanks

Jon

 

[Bob I]

From what I can tell, only driver updates for processors are in there.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

A quick curiosity question...

When Microsoft issues a service pack (eg SP3) does it include new drivers for devices that have
appeared since the original release of Windows, back in 2001?

No. Moreover, you should get your drivers from the manufacturer of the
hardware it's for, not from Microsoft.

 

[Jon]

Thanks for your reply Ken,

Looking through Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device manager on my PC, there's a lot of them.

Are there any that I don't especially need to get from the mnaufacturer (eg disk drives).

Jon

A quick curiosity question...

When Microsoft issues a service pack (eg SP3) does it include new drivers for devices that have
appeared since the original release of Windows, back in 2001?

No. Moreover, you should get your drivers from the manufacturer of the
hardware it's for, not from Microsoft.

 

[Kyle]

Thanks for your reply Ken,

Looking through Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device manager on my
PC, there's a lot of them.

Are there any that I don't especially need to get from the mnaufacturer
(eg disk drives).

Jon





No. Moreover, you should get your drivers from the manufacturer of the
hardware it's for, not from Microsoft.

For things like network card, sound card, and video card drivers I agree
that we should get those from the vendor. However MS should include the
latest drivers for IDE, SATA, SCSI, and SAS to make installation easier. MS
should also update the XP and Windows 2003 setup utility to be able to load
drivers from a thumb drive. Not alot of PCs and servers come with floppy
drives anymore.

Just my two cents.