Installing Drivers without digital signature can be fraught with the dangers of mass. This file is not downloaded from the official site, capable of doing anything, until a total control over the computer. If you believe in the necessity of these actions, in Windows 7, there are several ways to disable digital signature verification driver.
How to disable the scan driver signing in Windows 7
In all of the following methods, the user will have to act as an administrator, so better to go to the appropriate account. Further:
- open the "Start";
- in the search bar, enter cmd;
- the result is a program cmd.exe and click on the right mouse button;
- from the context menu, select "Run as administrator";
- in the window that opens, recruit team bcdedit.exe / set nointegritychecks ON;
- "Enter'om" send her to perform;
- after you see the inscription "The operation completed successfully", signature verification is turned off.
An alternative method is also performed using the command line:
- run cmd.exe;
- recruit consistently bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS;
- waiting for a success message;
- introduce bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ONIs sent to the implementation;
- check off.
How to disable Driver Signing in Windows 7 via the Registry Editor
To safely disable digital signature verification, edit the corresponding parameter in the registry:
- hit Win + R;
- type in the "Run" regedit command;
- click on "Enter" to execute the Registry Editor window will appear;
- go to the section HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Software \\ Policies \\ Microsoft \\ Windows NT \\ Driver Signing;
- we find a DWORD value named BehaviorOnFailedVerify;
- assign it a value of 0;
- if the parameter is not - create it manually.
How to disable the driver signature check in Windows 7 through the group policy editor
As often happens in Windows, you can perform a key action in different ways. To turn off the digital signature check by editing group policies:
- click Win + R, write gpedit.msc;
- in the Editor window, we go to the "User Configuration" → "Administrative Templates" → "System" → "Driver Installation";
- we find the item "Digital Signature of Drivers";
- double click go to it and translate into the state "disabled";
- reboot.
For one-time disconnection of the digital signature check, followed by automatic inclusion, you can select the appropriate boot point (opens with a hot key F8). Drivers installed in this way will work without errors. And for new installations, a valid digital signature will be required.