Driver Signing in x64

One of the more annoying components in Vista x64 is the need for signed drivers. This hinders the use of many freeware applications out there (even though they come with an x64 driver) just because the driver isn’t digitally signed. About a month ago I ran into a piece of software I had to use, but alas, no signed drivers. So I set out on a quest to figure out how to permanently disable the driver signing checks in Vista x64. And guess what? I found it :) .

�Here’s how to get it done:

  1. Open an elevated command prompt
  2. type “bcdedit /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS” without the quotes (and no the DD is not a typo).
  3. Reboot and enjoy being able to use unsigned drivers in Vista x64.
  4. Remember who told you about this first ;) .

Posted by: Chris123NT

Published on: April 28th, 2007 at 12:00 PM

Posted in Windows Vista

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