Nonny wrote:
Quote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:05:55 -0400, "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
> Quote:
>> I'm a bit confused here.
>>
>> I have been using beta Geforce drivers for over a year on Vista Home Premium
>> X64. I have received warnings on the betas that the source cannot be
>> verified, but I was able to choose to install the drivers. I believe that
>> they were signed, although they were not WHQL blessed. The current drivers I
>> have in place are betas (175.80) that were leaked through the website of an
>> nVidia partner.
>>
>> I think I've only seen one driver in the past year that was unsigned, and
>> that was associated with a utility that may have been a hack.
>>
>> Apparently beta and unsigned are not equivalent.
>
> True.
>
> Beta means that the driver isn't at the final release point and is
> only for testing. All beta drivers will be unsigned drivers as well.
>
> Unsigned means it's not designed for the operating system in
> question... i.e., it doesn't pass all of MS's tests. Goddamit are you really that stupid?