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How to disable driver signing in Windows 7 SP1

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;windows-7&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-546" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;windows-7&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Windows 7 Box&comma;install&comma;printers&comma;set network location&comma;graphic card memory&comma; aero peek&comma;screensaver&comma;synch&comma;windows live&comma;movie maker&comma;remote desktop&comma;destination path" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"340" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;ve installed Windows 7 with integrated SP1 and when I tried to install a driver for my USB UPS device I got the following message&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;003366&semi;">Windows can&&num;8217&semi;t verify the publisher of this driver software<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;03&sol;InstallAnyway&period;png" alt&equals;"" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Well&comma; this is not a new message as I&&num;8217&semi;ve always clicked to Install this driver software anyway and I had no issues at all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Things seems to change a bit with SP1&comma; because&comma; no matter of my selection on above prompt&comma; Windows prevented installation of this driver&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To resolve this issue I had to disable driver signing and enable the test mode&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here&&num;8217&semi;s how to do it&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hit <strong>Windows ORB<&sol;strong> in your taskbar<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Run <strong>CMD &lpar;Command Prompt&rpar;<&sol;strong> in elevated mode&period; &lpar;Right click &vert; Run as Administrator&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NOTE&colon; If you have UAC &lpar;User Account Control&rpar; enabled&comma; you will get a prompt message&period; Select YES to continue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Type the following two commands and hit Enter after each line&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>bcdedit&period;exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE&lowbar;INTEGRITY&lowbar;CHECKS<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong> bcdedit&period;exe -set TESTSIGNING ON<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You will receive The operation completed successfully message for both commands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Restart you computer for the changes to take effect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; you should be able to install unsigned drivers on Windows 7 SP1&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re like me&comma; you might want to revert changes that we&&num;8217&semi;ve just made after successful installation of unsigned drivers&period; To do so repeat the steps above and in the Command Prompt enter the following commands&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>bcdedit&period;exe -set loadoptions DENABLE&lowbar;INTEGRITY&lowbar;CHECKS<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong> bcdedit&period;exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comments are welcome&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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