Since a few day I have Windows 8 Pro RTM (Dreamspark, fully activated) on an Asus N56VZ. Works pretty well, but driver availability through Windows Update is, well, almost non-existant. Most drivers I need exist for Windows 7 in Windows Update without problems. Of course, the drivers are available (also signed) from the website of the companies...
I also had Windows 7 from MSDNAA back then, and IIRC all drivers where available in Windows Update from the beginning...
What's missing?
Are there any websites that have information about the driver availibility? End of october everything needs to be finished when Win8 comes to the stores... Or do I have to change a setting in Windows in order to get driver updates (this was never the case in XP and 7)?
I also had Windows 7 from MSDNAA back then, and IIRC all drivers where available in Windows Update from the beginning...
What's missing?
- Realtek HD Audio (signed Win8 drivers exist on Realtek site), I was pretty surprised that these aren't on Windows Update because they were always there from the beginning back to WinXP times.
- NVIDIA drivers for the 650M notebook GPU. I read news from March that Nvidia provides them in Windows update, but this was for the Consumer Preview, did they stop for RTM? Why? What I also find strange ist that the nvidia website only offers beta drivers for this GPU, but if you use Google you will also find non-beta, working stable drivers.
- On my Win7 laptop I got the new MS Device Center, but on Win8 with the exact same mouse (Comfort Mouse 4500) I first got IntelliPoint 8.2 (what's supposed to be outdated with the new Center which was desogned for Win8). Just uninstalled IntelliPoint and tried again: I don't get anything mouse-related now in Windows Update. Was this a mistake by MS? On the MS site I only find the Center for the Release Preview versions of Windows 8... Is this thing not finished? What mouse driver should I take?
Are there any websites that have information about the driver availibility? End of october everything needs to be finished when Win8 comes to the stores... Or do I have to change a setting in Windows in order to get driver updates (this was never the case in XP and 7)?
My Computer
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