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> Keyboard, mouse, webcam, audio, even my wireless headset: All generic drivers.

Not if the vendors have their way. I plugged in an external Logitech mouse to my locked-down, corporate, non-admin permissions laptop only to see Windows automatically install a Logitech mouse utility. Not entirely sure what it does, but it also added a constantly running Logitech update service.

Given the strong security track record of hardware companies, I am sure it is fine that they get to automatically install software without any approval from me.

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That’s something slightly different though. Microsoft had this crappy idea that drivers are no longer just drivers but instead you’ll also get all the usermode software you never wanted automatically.

IIRC you cannot disable this behavior without entirely disabling driver installs/updates from Windows Update.

The mouse itself would still work without it.