Listed officially as (or a similar version number depending on architecture), this driver update accomplished three critical things:
The Realtek MTD driver update from August 22, 2017, was never flashy. It did not add a feature to the Start Menu or patch a zero-day exploit. It was a humble, focused fix for a piece of hardware most users take for granted—until it stops working. It represents the thousands of invisible, thankless driver updates that keep the sprawling ecosystem of Windows PCs running. Realtek’s engineers solved a quiet problem on a quiet Tuesday, and for the photographers, journalists, and students who used those card readers, the world worked just a little bit better. Listed officially as (or a similar version number
If you were to extract the cab file of this update (typically version 10.0.14393.31216 or similar, though version numbers varied by OEM), you would find the following improvements: It represents the thousands of invisible, thankless driver