

The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) driver, also included in WPD, lets Windows get into the files on Android devices. The Android Debug Bridge (ADB) driver, contained in WPD, is the universal Android USB driver – plug an Android device into your computer and ADB does the talking. What to make of the alphabet soup? In a nutshell, Windows Portable Devices (WPD) drivers allow Windows “to communicate with music players, storage devices, mobile phones, and many other types of connected devices.” WPD is a smorgasbord, containing many different drivers of different types. inf files contain information about MTP protocol support via WPT driver. inf files shipped within the CAB file specifies that this update supports the following drivers:

This “new” driver is from Shenzhen Diadem Technology Co. MediaTek, based in Taiwan, provides chips for a huge variety of phones. 4762” patch contains drivers for MediaTek Android devices. We now know that the driver that appeared on many Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 systems wreaks havoc on USB connections for some smartphones, including Android and Lumia phones.īorn writes in his blog that found the patch in the Windows Update Catalog-not an easy task given the catalog’s anemic search capabilities - and dug into the update file. Overnight sleuthing by German Windows guru Günter Born has shed light on the mysterious driver I talked about yesterday.
