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<blockquote data-quote="forgottenuser79643" data-source="post: 926296" data-attributes="member: 88069">If the system has no issues nor instabilities, I would just leave it as it. The driver itself refers to Intel Chipset Driver, which contains several Intel (System) Driver updates and microcodes. The date mentioned on the driver itself 7/18/1968 is purely symbolic as that is the day Intel was founded. Some manufacturers push their driver updates through Microsoft&#039;s Update Catalog, instead of solely through their own component specific manufacturer&#039;s webpage. Whenever a manufacturer (in example Lenovo) pushes their own driver updates through the Microsoft Update Catalog, the OS will push and recognise that one as the most recent update of that particular driver. The date is also used to lower the rank of some of the driver/chipset device software as it&#039;s not always needed, and to prevent some cases of overwriting the existing installed drivers. You could potentially hide specific updates from being shown --NOTE: Doesn&#039;t mean they aren&#039;t there!-- in the list, but I would recommend not too for the day it may or may not be needed. Of course, you can also go directly to intel&#039;s download center and get the latest updated driver there as well. The only way i know how is by using a tool from Microsoft themselves: <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3183922/how-to-temporarily-prevent-a-windows-update-from-reinstalling-in-windo" target="_blank">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3183922/how-to-temporarily-prevent-a-windows-update-from-reinstalling-in-windo</a>, see <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-hide-unwanted-driver-updates-in-windows-10/" target="_blank">How to hide unwanted driver updates in Windows 10</a> for visual assistance regarding it (do not use it if you don&#039;t have too...).&quot;Don&#039;t fix it, if it isn&#039;t broken.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="forgottenuser79643, post: 926296, member: 88069"] If the system has no issues nor instabilities, I would just leave it as it. The driver itself refers to Intel Chipset Driver, which contains several Intel (System) Driver updates and microcodes. The date mentioned on the driver itself 7/18/1968 is purely symbolic as that is the day Intel was founded. Some manufacturers push their driver updates through Microsoft's Update Catalog, instead of solely through their own component specific manufacturer's webpage. Whenever a manufacturer (in example Lenovo) pushes their own driver updates through the Microsoft Update Catalog, the OS will push and recognise that one as the most recent update of that particular driver. The date is also used to lower the rank of some of the driver/chipset device software as it's not always needed, and to prevent some cases of overwriting the existing installed drivers. You could potentially hide specific updates from being shown --NOTE: Doesn't mean they aren't there!-- in the list, but I would recommend not too for the day it may or may not be needed. Of course, you can also go directly to intel's download center and get the latest updated driver there as well. The only way i know how is by using a tool from Microsoft themselves: [URL]https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3183922/how-to-temporarily-prevent-a-windows-update-from-reinstalling-in-windo[/URL], see [URL="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-hide-unwanted-driver-updates-in-windows-10/"]How to hide unwanted driver updates in Windows 10[/URL] for visual assistance regarding it (do not use it if you don't have too...). "Don't fix it, if it isn't broken." [/QUOTE]

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