Monday, February 27, 2012

Driver Tip: How to Disable Digital Driver Signing

Have you ever tried to install some device drivers on 
Windows 7 and received a warning message that those drivers should be digitally signed? You can disable this driver signing warning message in Windows 7 with a simple procedure.

Go to the Start menu and type cmd.exe in the Search Bar. Right click on cmd.exe and choose Run as Administrator. 

If you have the UAC turned on, choose Yes to proceed. Otherwise, you should see the command windows opened already. In the shell window, copy and paste the following and hit Enter. 

But why do you need to go through this confusion when you can simply have a program like DriverAgent. This program will automatically search for updated Legacy audio drivers. It will locate the driver for you. You don't have to skim through a very confusing list. You don't have to log on the manufacturer's website. Just run DriverAgent and the driver will be found for you. 

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON
 

You'll get a confirmation that the operation completed successfully. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect. You've just disabled digital driver signing in Windows 7. 

» Perform a driver scan now!