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		krapp on Feb 8, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are all Windows drivers dated June 21, 2006? What's certain to happen is all vendors setting all of their drivers to the highest priority possible, all the time.

jessaustin on Feb 9, 2017 | [–]

If a vendor were sure that this version of a driver will be the last they ever issue, they could do that. That seems a fairly rare circumstance.

Retra on Feb 9, 2017 | [–]

They'd be shooting themselves in the foot doing that. They could never override their own code.

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