Last month Microsoft announced a big update for Windows hardware drivers. The company declared that it was killing Windows Device metadata and the Windows Metadata and Internet Services WMIS. For those wondering what it is, device metadata, as the name suggests, is the collection of additional, user facing information that an original equipment manufacturer OEM provides about a hardware device. The feature was introduced with Windows 7 and can include stuff like icons, logos, descriptive texts,...

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