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Vista 64bit driver signing.
Correct, this is why i ran the Command Promp as a Administrator and typed the
following 'bcdedit.exe /set advancedoptions on'. This enables Vista to start with the advanced options (no F8 required) so you can select disable driver signature enforcement each time you start your system. -- Steve (x64man) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: Correct. It does not survive a restart. "Curious" wrote in message ... AFAIK the ability to install a unsigned driver only worked for the single boot as you say. But are you also saying that any unsigned drivers during a single F8 boot will not work after you later do a normal boot? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... That is not a persistent measure. On release to rtm the persistence of F8 was disabled. F8 is required on every boot. Also, MS has responded in recent months to the workarounds to permit persistence that have shown up with both kernel updates and Windows Defender updates to disable the persistent loading of unsigned drivers. "Curious" wrote in message ... If you do an F8 boot in Vista 64 one of the options is to load unsigned drivers. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... Vista x64 drivers must be signed. "Curious" wrote in message news The vendors normally do not want to send all versions of their software to MS to get them digitally signed due to the cost and time delay involved. There is nothing to prevent software that is not digitally signed from being installed and working. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906254.aspx "Steve" wrote in message ... If I have a driver for a device that functions properly, but it is not digitally signed, is there any way to submit to Microsoft for them to test and sign said driver? or do something to make vista use the driver? Right now I have Vista start up and display the advanced startup options and I select disable driver signature enforcement. This is no big deal but it would be nice if I could avoid this step. Thanks -- Steve (x64man) |
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