Why do they give you driver CDs for Monitors and Mice?

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  • TripleXPrint
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2007
    • 983
    #1

    Why do they give you driver CDs for Monitors and Mice?

    I bought a generic USB mouse that is plug and play and it came with a bunch of install drivers. Why is that? I just plugged it in and Windows found it immediately. The same goes for P&P monitors...they give you a shit load of disks and since I've been using computers I've never had to install a driver for it.

    Anyone know why they do this? Just something I found odd.
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    • jonesonyou
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      • Sep 2003
      • 3853
      #2
      Spyware, Loading the company soft. to take up your memory and hdd space. Makes your machine not work as well. And The Company name is spammed on your machine as much as possible.

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        • TripleXPrint
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2007
          • 983
          #3
          Originally posted by jonesonyou
          Spyware, Loading the company soft. to take up your memory and hdd space. Makes your machine not work as well. And The Company name is spammed on your machine as much as possible.
          That's what I figured. What douchebags.
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            • tranza
              ICQ: 197-556-237
              • Jun 2003
              • 57559
              #4
              Not everybody uses Windows XP....
              I'm just a newbie.

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                • TripleXPrint
                  Confirmed User
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 983
                  #5
                  Originally posted by tranza
                  Not everybody uses Windows XP....
                  Even dating back to Windows 95 I've never had to use CDs to install monitors or mice.
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                    • Modrans
                      Registered User
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 9
                      #6
                      Many times the extra 37 buttons on a mouse aren't found or assignable by Windows, but in the case of a straightforward 2button scroll mouse, everything from win2k has the driver built into it.

                      Monitor driver disks will often let rarely-used crazy display modes be used, but are pretty damned useless, too.

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                        • borys
                          Confirmed User
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 146
                          #7
                          Good monitors come with color profiles on CD. Installing these does make sense.

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                            • Barefootsies
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                              • Feb 2005
                              • 42635
                              #8
                              Originally posted by borys
                              Good monitors come with color profiles on CD. Installing these does make sense.
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