Enable/Disable driver signature

[Guest Ray]

This should be made an option rather than an imposition.

I know there are certain advantages of using it but it should be my decision

if I want to use an unsigned driver or not.

 

I installed Vista64 because i believed a phrase I saw at microsoft.com

saying Vista64 was great for gamers. Well, us gamers sometimes like to

modify/patch our systems. In my case I bought a USB mouse which will fail to

read all my movements if I use the default USB driver which runs @ ~125MHz

(standard USB speed). But I can modify this usb driver so it will allow my

USB port to run @ 1000MHz. Thus making my mouse superior to almost any other

mouse model in the market right now.

 

Increasing the USB rate has different results on different models of mice, I

bought mine with the intention of using a 1000MHz USB driver knowing it would

give me superb results for that mouse model, and it worked fine on WinXP,

even on Vista32.

 

Well now that I just installed Vista64 I'm presented with the surprise that

I can't use my modified driver because it's obviously unsigned (it's custom

made, thus it will never be signed).

 

Having to press F8 each time Vista boots to disable signed drivers doesn't

sound fair. I should be the one who decides what can and cannot be installed

on my system. Why not make it optional?

 

I was starting to consider going back to WinXP 32bits if it weren't for the

fact that I found a program which will disable this. Once again, I've been

forced to download and install some third-party software to fix something

that Microsoft simply couldn't present to me as a choice. I mean, it's ok if

you set it on by default so unexpirienced users can't install drivers that

might do who knows what. But why cripple people who know what they are doing?

At least give them a choice other than changing the OS. I can't see how

making this a choice would be a problem.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

 

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[Guest Carlos]

RE: Enable/Disable driver signature

 

Ray,

I guess this trick is still valid after SP1.

Run this command at an elevated command prompt

 

Bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON

 

Disabling driver signing is not recommended so use it at your own risk.

You will also see something like "Test mode on" in the four corners of the

wallpaper.

 

Carlos

 

"Ray" wrote:

> This should be made an option rather than an imposition.

> I know there are certain advantages of using it but it should be my decision

> if I want to use an unsigned driver or not.

>

> I installed Vista64 because i believed a phrase I saw at microsoft.com

> saying Vista64 was great for gamers. Well, us gamers sometimes like to

> modify/patch our systems. In my case I bought a USB mouse which will fail to

> read all my movements if I use the default USB driver which runs @ ~125MHz

> (standard USB speed). But I can modify this usb driver so it will allow my

> USB port to run @ 1000MHz. Thus making my mouse superior to almost any other

> mouse model in the market right now.

>

> Increasing the USB rate has different results on different models of mice, I

> bought mine with the intention of using a 1000MHz USB driver knowing it would

> give me superb results for that mouse model, and it worked fine on WinXP,

> even on Vista32.

>

> Well now that I just installed Vista64 I'm presented with the surprise that

> I can't use my modified driver because it's obviously unsigned (it's custom

> made, thus it will never be signed).

>

> Having to press F8 each time Vista boots to disable signed drivers doesn't

> sound fair. I should be the one who decides what can and cannot be installed

> on my system. Why not make it optional?

>

> I was starting to consider going back to WinXP 32bits if it weren't for the

> fact that I found a program which will disable this. Once again, I've been

> forced to download and install some third-party software to fix something

> that Microsoft simply couldn't present to me as a choice. I mean, it's ok if

> you set it on by default so unexpirienced users can't install drivers that

> might do who knows what. But why cripple people who know what they are doing?

> At least give them a choice other than changing the OS. I can't see how

> making this a choice would be a problem.

>

> Thanks for reading.

>

>

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[Guest Meyer JB]

Re: Enable/Disable driver signature

 

Carlos a écrit :

> Ray,

> I guess this trick is still valid after SP1.

> Run this command at an elevated command prompt

>

> Bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON

>

> Disabling driver signing is not recommended so use it at your own risk.

> You will also see something like "Test mode on" in the four corners of the

> wallpaper.

>

> Carlos

>

> "Ray" wrote:

>

>> This should be made an option rather than an imposition.

>> I know there are certain advantages of using it but it should be my decision

>> if I want to use an unsigned driver or not.

>>

>> I installed Vista64 because i believed a phrase I saw at microsoft.com

>> saying Vista64 was great for gamers. Well, us gamers sometimes like to

>> modify/patch our systems. In my case I bought a USB mouse which will fail to

>> read all my movements if I use the default USB driver which runs @ ~125MHz

>> (standard USB speed). But I can modify this usb driver so it will allow my

>> USB port to run @ 1000MHz. Thus making my mouse superior to almost any other

>> mouse model in the market right now.

>>

>> Increasing the USB rate has different results on different models of mice, I

>> bought mine with the intention of using a 1000MHz USB driver knowing it

>> would give me superb results for that mouse model, and it worked fine on

>> WinXP, even on Vista32.

>>

>> Well now that I just installed Vista64 I'm presented with the surprise that

>> I can't use my modified driver because it's obviously unsigned (it's custom

>> made, thus it will never be signed).

>>

>> Having to press F8 each time Vista boots to disable signed drivers doesn't

>> sound fair. I should be the one who decides what can and cannot be installed

>> on my system. Why not make it optional?

>>

>> I was starting to consider going back to WinXP 32bits if it weren't for the

>> fact that I found a program which will disable this. Once again, I've been

>> forced to download and install some third-party software to fix something

>> that Microsoft simply couldn't present to me as a choice. I mean, it's ok if

>> you set it on by default so unexpirienced users can't install drivers that

>> might do who knows what. But why cripple people who know what they are

>> doing? At least give them a choice other than changing the OS. I can't see

>> how making this a choice would be a problem.

>>

>> Thanks for reading.

>>

>>

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Yes, working for me for installing the OpenVPN client

 

 

Meyer

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Enable/Disable driver signature

 

Meyer,

Merci beaucoup pour votre "feedback".

:)

Carlos

 

"Meyer JB" wrote:

> Carlos a écrit :

> > Ray,

> > I guess this trick is still valid after SP1.

> > Run this command at an elevated command prompt

> >

> > Bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON

> >

> > Disabling driver signing is not recommended so use it at your own risk.

> > You will also see something like "Test mode on" in the four corners of the

> > wallpaper.

> >

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Ray" wrote:

> >

> >> This should be made an option rather than an imposition.

> >> I know there are certain advantages of using it but it should be my decision

> >> if I want to use an unsigned driver or not.

> >>

> >> I installed Vista64 because i believed a phrase I saw at microsoft.com

> >> saying Vista64 was great for gamers. Well, us gamers sometimes like to

> >> modify/patch our systems. In my case I bought a USB mouse which will fail to

> >> read all my movements if I use the default USB driver which runs @ ~125MHz

> >> (standard USB speed). But I can modify this usb driver so it will allow my

> >> USB port to run @ 1000MHz. Thus making my mouse superior to almost any other

> >> mouse model in the market right now.

> >>

> >> Increasing the USB rate has different results on different models of mice, I

> >> bought mine with the intention of using a 1000MHz USB driver knowing it

> >> would give me superb results for that mouse model, and it worked fine on

> >> WinXP, even on Vista32.

> >>

> >> Well now that I just installed Vista64 I'm presented with the surprise that

> >> I can't use my modified driver because it's obviously unsigned (it's custom

> >> made, thus it will never be signed).

> >>

> >> Having to press F8 each time Vista boots to disable signed drivers doesn't

> >> sound fair. I should be the one who decides what can and cannot be installed

> >> on my system. Why not make it optional?

> >>

> >> I was starting to consider going back to WinXP 32bits if it weren't for the

> >> fact that I found a program which will disable this. Once again, I've been

> >> forced to download and install some third-party software to fix something

> >> that Microsoft simply couldn't present to me as a choice. I mean, it's ok if

> >> you set it on by default so unexpirienced users can't install drivers that

> >> might do who knows what. But why cripple people who know what they are

> >> doing? At least give them a choice other than changing the OS. I can't see

> >> how making this a choice would be a problem.

> >>

> >> Thanks for reading.

> >>

> >>

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> >> click "I Agree" in the message pane.

> >>

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>

> Yes, working for me for installing the OpenVPN client

>

>

> Meyer

>

>

>