Vista - Disable Driver Signature Enforcement Permanently?

Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
reboot.

"John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
> Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
> drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
> reboot.

No.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

I don't think there is a way to do it permantly. I will check around for
you though

--
Josh
http://windowsconnected.com
"John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
> Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
> drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
> reboot.

Doesn't VistaBootPro have an option
to enable the use of unsigned drivers?

http://www.vistabootpro.org/images/s...P3Advanced.png

http://www.vistabootpro.org/


-Michael


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
> news:k951m2huft6mkp7prisajifh3n13vqgqvl@4ax.com...
>> Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
>> Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
>> drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
>> reboot.
>
> No.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.
>
>

VistaBootPro does have such an option, however it has no effect. I
think it worked prior to RTM.

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:38:52 -0500, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net>
wrote:

>Doesn't VistaBootPro have an option
>to enable the use of unsigned drivers?
>
>http://www.vistabootpro.org/images/s...P3Advanced.png
>
>http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>
>
>-Michael
>
>
>"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>news:B3D2F3FE-41DF-4BCF-B0EA-E0D8FB4C1BE5@microsoft.com...
>> "John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
>> news:k951m2huft6mkp7prisajifh3n13vqgqvl@4ax.com...
>>> Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
>>> Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
>>> drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
>>> reboot.
>>
>> No.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>> Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.
>>
>>

How about EasyBCD?

http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1


-Michael

"John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
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> VistaBootPro does have such an option, however it has no effect. I
> think it worked prior to RTM.
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:38:52 -0500, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Doesn't VistaBootPro have an option
>>to enable the use of unsigned drivers?
>>
>>http://www.vistabootpro.org/images/s...P3Advanced.png
>>
>>http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>
>>
>>-Michael
>>
>>
>>"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>news:B3D2F3FE-41DF-4BCF-B0EA-E0D8FB4C1BE5@microsoft.com...
>>> "John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
>>> news:k951m2huft6mkp7prisajifh3n13vqgqvl@4ax.com...
>>>> Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
>>>> Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
>>>> drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
>>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>>> Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.
>>>
>>>

Same thing. Has the option, doesn't seem to do anything.

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:07:58 -0500, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net>
wrote:

>How about EasyBCD?
>
>http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
>
>
>-Michael
>
>"John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
>news:ni91m21mr9gf48a08bd9p8bp84nv2egujl@4ax.com...
>> VistaBootPro does have such an option, however it has no effect. I
>> think it worked prior to RTM.
>>
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:38:52 -0500, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Doesn't VistaBootPro have an option
>>>to enable the use of unsigned drivers?
>>>
>>>http://www.vistabootpro.org/images/s...P3Advanced.png
>>>
>>>http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>>
>>>
>>>-Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>news:B3D2F3FE-41DF-4BCF-B0EA-E0D8FB4C1BE5@microsoft.com...
>>>> "John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
>>>> news:k951m2huft6mkp7prisajifh3n13vqgqvl@4ax.com...
>>>>> Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
>>>>> Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
>>>>> drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
>>>>> reboot.
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>>>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>>>> Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.
>>>>
>>>>

Sorry, John.

According to a post at the pro-networks forum,
they are working on it.

Second to last post:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=79243


"John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
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> Same thing. Has the option, doesn't seem to do anything.
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:07:58 -0500, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net>
> wrote:
>
>>How about EasyBCD?
>>
>>http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
>>
>>
>>-Michael
>>
>>"John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
>>news:ni91m21mr9gf48a08bd9p8bp84nv2egujl@4ax.com...
>>> VistaBootPro does have such an option, however it has no effect. I
>>> think it worked prior to RTM.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:38:52 -0500, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Doesn't VistaBootPro have an option
>>>>to enable the use of unsigned drivers?
>>>>
>>>>http://www.vistabootpro.org/images/s...P3Advanced.png
>>>>
>>>>http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>news:B3D2F3FE-41DF-4BCF-B0EA-E0D8FB4C1BE5@microsoft.com...
>>>>> "John C." <JohnC@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
>>>>> news:k951m2huft6mkp7prisajifh3n13vqgqvl@4ax.com...
>>>>>> Is there a way to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement permanently on
>>>>>> Vista x64 RTM? The only way I have been able to get my unsigned
>>>>>> drivers to load is to hit F8 and select it manually every time I
>>>>>> reboot.
>>>>>
>>>>> No.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>>>>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>>>>> Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.
>>>>>
>>>>>

Hello John,
No there is not a way to permanently disable the driver signing check for
Windows Vista X64.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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Are you sure there is no way to enforce driver signing??? Cause ive somewhat
done it. Do This:
Open a command prompt as an administrator.
If you don't know how to do this, go to Start->All
Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt. Right-click it and select "Run as
administrator"
Run the following command: bcdedit /set testsigning on
You may need to substitute -set into the command

Now this is a AS IS post, im not too sure on what drawbacks it has, but i
was able to install that illusive Coxenent Audio driver as easy as pie. It
DOES disable driver enforcement!!! YAY!!! Ive used it for 2 months now with
NO problems. By the way im running RC1. But also dont use F8 option after
doing this. There is one drawback it though. It does put little "Test Mode"
icons on the 4 corners but like the build version already there it is not a
problem. Please let me know if this works for you, also if you dont like it
just change Testsigning ON for Off. Bye
--
Im pretty Smart with computers but I even need help sometimes. Thats why im
here.


""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello John,
> No there is not a way to permanently disable the driver signing check for
> Windows Vista X64.
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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