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.

Source: Chris123NT

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3 comments

  1. Robert D. says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    EasyBCD is a nifty GUI-based tool that can disable driver verification and many more Vista bootloader-related options with a single click, check it out:

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

  2. The Marburg EL SALVADOR says:
    September 28th, 2007 at 3:29 am

    Gracias, funciona perfecto, Excellent :)(y)

  3. Joshua UNITED STATES says:
    January 13th, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    This no longer works, and hasn’t for months. At this point in time, I don’t know of any simple workaround.

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