Superuser: 'Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?'
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Re: Superuser: 'Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?'
#2It's the Internet Of Things. Microsoft was just trying to be ahead of the curve (post was from 2014). Afterall, there are now IoT dishwashers, refrigerators, coffeemakers, etc. Whose to say there won't be an IoT toaster?
Re: Superuser: 'Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?'
#3It's the Internet Of Things. Microsoft was just trying to be ahead of the curve (post was from 2014). Afterall, there are now IoT dishwashers, refrigerators, coffeemakers, etc. Whose to say there won't be an IoT toaster?
Technically it’s supposed to be a USB toaster. Not sure how practical such a device could be.
Re: Superuser: 'Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?'
#4It's the Internet Of Things. Microsoft was just trying to be ahead of the curve (post was from 2014). Afterall, there are now IoT dishwashers, refrigerators, coffeemakers, etc. Whose to say there won't be an IoT toaster?
Technically it’s supposed to be a USB toaster. Not sure how practical such a device could be.
Finally more granularity to the toasty-ness of the finished product than the vague 1-10 dial!
Re: Superuser: 'Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?'
#5It's the Internet Of Things. Microsoft was just trying to be ahead of the curve (post was from 2014). Afterall, there are now IoT dishwashers, refrigerators, coffeemakers, etc. Whose to say there won't be an IoT toaster?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Toaster (from 1990)
Re: Superuser: 'Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?'
#6I both love and hate this, because virtually everyone is going to blame Microsoft when things like this happen, when it is likely a driver sample or some example code from somewhere that a vendor copied and adjusted to make a working driver.
Microsoft ALWAYS catches flak for things like this. People immediately blame Microsoft. I really don't know or understand how a complete culture has emerged that blames Microsoft for every little thing.
After reading the answer, yep it was a sample driver.
Now to be clear, yes some things are the fault of Microsoft and, yes, some of those things are severe and unjustifiable and so on. My questions are about why people a) by default assume Microsoft is at fault, and b) by default don't verify their assumptions are correct.