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Roman A. Taycher
Roman A. Taycher

Reputation: 19487

How do I use unsigned driver on windows 7/8/8.1(especially 64 bit)

I'd like to automate installing unsigned drivers that need to be tested. I hear if I use gui-auto to bypass the driver warning prompts it still refuses to actually use it.

Security isn't an issue. Automation is(f8 option is useless to me, though might be useful to others). We are using Ultimate/Enterprise but others may be using Home editions).

There doesn't seem to be a full answer especially for recent os that I can find(many answers are followed by someone claiming they don't work).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 23876

Answers (1)

Aby
Aby

Reputation: 1924

For windows 8, use the following hack

http://www.fotoclubinc.com/blog/how-to-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-to-allow-installation-of-windows-7-printer-drivers-on-windows-8/

http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how-to-disable-driver-signature-verification-on-64-bit-windows-8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/

For windows 7,

Open a command prompt as an admin and type

bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON

See security risk warning above.

If it doesn't work for whatever reason you can just remove loadoptions with bcedit and switch testsigning off.

bcdedit /deletevalue loadoptions

bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF

Upvotes: 2

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