Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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#1 Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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As the title says: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again...
Re-install your Nvidia, AMD or Intel drivers when all GPU crunching grinds down to halt.
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#2 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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Correction: if your hardware is recent enough, you might be in the clear.
My Ryzen 5 3400G system now reports a Vega 11 GPU and still crunches using OpenCL 2.0
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#3 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:12 pmAs the title says: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again...Re-install your Nvidia, AMD or Intel drivers when all GPU crunching grinds down to halt.
...and again...
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#4 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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I wonder if I could just block all access to Microsoft.com in my router??
I think this is fool-proof but could you just try it for me please? • There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t
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#5 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:46 am
Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:12 pmAs the title says: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again...Re-install your Nvidia, AMD or Intel drivers when all GPU crunching grinds down to halt.
...and again...
...and again... All Moo! and Collatz errored out: No OpenCL
All well again after re-installing the AMD driver...
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#6 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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try disabling using Local Group Policy near bottom of https://www.windowscentral.com/how-stop ... windows-10
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#7 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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Is this supposed to add to the profits of Microsoft?
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#8 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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davidbam wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:46 pm try disabling using Local Group Policy near bottom of https://www.windowscentral.com/how-stop ... windows-10
Well, this didn't stop my workstation from updating and rebooting. I think it just turned off the notifications/warnings that it was going to update and reboot during off hours.
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#9 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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#10 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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Miklos M wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:27 pmIs this supposed to add to the profits of Microsoft?
It is just mindless 'We know better what is good for you' from MicroSoft..
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#11 Re: Microsoft is pushing its non-crunching drivers yet again

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Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:02 pm
Miklos M wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:27 pmIs this supposed to add to the profits of Microsoft?
It is just mindless 'We know better what is good for you' from MicroSoft..
Perfectly sums up most big tech companies attitude.
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