Disable Digital Driver Signing Signature in Windows 7

For those early adopters of Windows 7, there’s a good chance that the drivers required to run on this OS will be in beta and have not been digitally signed yet. Even though you can install the drivers, the drivers will not be used unless you do one of the following.

Method 1: Goto your start menu, type cmd. Right click on command prompt and click on “Run as administrator”. In the command prompt, type in these commands:

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

Then reboot and your drivers should now be working. Pictures can befound here: http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/05/05/disable-driver-signing-windows-7/

Method 2: If the above does not work, here’s a temporary solution. Before Windows 7 boots, keep hitting your F8 key. From there, disable the driver signing checks. You will need to do this each time you boot Windows 7.

If you are having trouble getting into the boot menu, you may need to go into your bios and enable USB legacy support.

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