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You install drivers by sticking to the drivers Microsoft installs as part of Windows (WHQL drivers[1]). The only exceptions I generally run into is that I have to download discrete GPU drivers from the card vendor.

If it's some janky hardware that requires a driver that came on a CD or something, I avoid using that janky hardware. Most of the time I'm on Linux anyway, and there's some open source driver already there.

I would definitely not use random crap like "Snappy Driver Installer Origin", which will get you pwned, as you're finding out.

Drivers generally have complete control over your computer and can bypass several security mechanisms. Avoid suspicious or low quality drivers.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHQL_Testing



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