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Cloud-powered undo will roll back dodgy code without users or hardware partners lifting a finger

Microsoft is getting to grips with Windows drivers that leave the operating system in an unstable state with a proactive rollback dubbed "Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery."

"When a driver is identified as having quality issues during our shiproom evaluation process, Microsoft can now initiate a recovery action from the cloud, replacing the problematic driver on affected devices without requiring manual intervention from the user or the hardware partner," the company explained .

The process applies to drivers distributed through Windows Update.…