In Windows 10, drivers are required if they need to interact with specific hardware, such as the graphics card and network adapter.
Usually, drivers are installed automatically when you connect your devices or check for updates using the Windows Update service.
However, sometimes Windows 10 drivers could lead to serious problems, such as security issues. In Windows 10, all drivers (including third-party programs) are stored together in the DriverStore, which is located under the System32 folder of the system, which is very problematic.
Microsoft uses the “DriverStore” folder to store all drivers since Windows Vista, and according to the company only includes a “trusted” collection of drivers. This folder allows the drivers that use archives INF. Someone driver is not saved in the folder if the INF file is not included.
With the upcoming update Sun Valley of Windows 10, Microsoft plans to move third-party drivers out of the System32 folder. After the next feature update, third-party drivers will be saved in a new folder called "OEMDRIVERS" (C: \ Windows \ OEMDRIVERS) instead of DriverStore (C: \ Windows \ System32).
Windows will continue to verify the digital signature of third-party drivers before copying the package to the new "OEMDRIVERS" folder.
As shown in the image above, this fundamental change is currently available in the preview versions, but you can only see it when you make a new upgrade to Windows 21 2H10 on a virtual machine.
Just like Windows 10X, the support of “OEM DRIVERS” allows the operating system to be isolated or run sandboxed, far from the rest of the third-party drivers, and the main advantage is security.
What you may quickly realize, however, is that the OEMDrivers folder is more than just a security enhancement. It is also a serious achievement for system performance, especially if you frequently update third-party drivers.
What we do not yet know is whether isolating drivers will reduce errors Blue Screen of Death and system errors in Windows 10.
