Nah it didn’t change the monitor or do anything to it. Windows Update just installs the adware when it sees the monitor’s ID.
This has been going on forever with other components, like “gaming” motherboards, laptops and mice. But this is interesting because they retroactively did it to my plain-looking 2020 monitor. And Microsoft is in an awkward position here, as the manufacturer can claim these blobs are absolutely necessary to run the hardware.
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Yes, it installs to Windows.
Nah it didn’t change the monitor or do anything to it. Windows Update just installs the adware when it sees the monitor’s ID.
This has been going on forever with other components, like “gaming” motherboards, laptops and mice. But this is interesting because they retroactively did it to my plain-looking 2020 monitor. And Microsoft is in an awkward position here, as the manufacturer can claim these blobs are absolutely necessary to run the hardware.