Because, to be honest, they are usually out of date.
It's better to go to the manufacturers website and download the drivers.
Also because Windows Update (even in Vista) doesn't remove older versions of
drivers even when you've installed a newer set.
Case in point, I have Catalyst 7.2 drivers from ATi, yet Windows Update kept
listing the Cataylst 7.1 drivers even though I had installed 7.2 even before
the 7.1's started showing up on Windows Update.
So it could confuse a user and cause them to install and older driver on top
of a newer driver, and that's never a good idea.
"Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
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> "andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
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>> Rule of thumb: Do not install any hardware drivers from Windows
>> update.
>
> Why not? I've found Windows Update now to be nothing less than stellar at
> finding and installing drivers.
>
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