If Windows cannot work properly on third party hardware then Microsof should make and sell their own machines before everybody with some funds goes to Apple. I don't care about offending drivers in Windows 8.1, everything worked fine on Windows 8 so it's Microsoft's problem.
Actually it is the add on vendors problem not updating their drivers to work correctly with Win 8.1. Why not just disable the offending drivers and get on with enjoying your computer with fast boot and shut down times. Blaming MS will get you nowhere.
How can I disable the offending drivers? I don't think I installed any drivers from Lenovo, all of them came from Windows itself and Windows Update. You mean going to Device Manager and disabling the device? Or uninstalling?
I guess I can disable the fingerprint reader and the dual graphics card on the BIOS, some others on Devices Manager but there are some devices I just can't disabke or install any other drivers.