Guest Robert Bristow Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Can anyone tell me if there is a way of avoiding the digital signature warning popping up every time I open a non Microsoft registered program in Vista 64 ultimate, please. TIA -- John
Guest Charlie Russel - MVP Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Digital signature no. Be thankful it's there. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Robert Bristow" <spam@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:QC6I58ALA6tINwB4@kajun.demon.co.uk... > Can anyone tell me if there is a way of avoiding the digital signature > warning popping up every time I open a non Microsoft registered program in > Vista 64 ultimate, please. > > TIA > -- > John
Guest Chuck Walbourn [MSFT] Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Digital signature You get "digital signature" warnings for two possible cases: (A) Installing unsigned kernel-mode drivers. You can't actually install unsigned kernel-mode drivers on Windows Vista x64, so this warning is fatal. (B) Running applications that are prompting for administrator elevation. The prompt itself is (1) blue for a Microsoft Windows code signature, (2) grey for a non-Microsoft signature, or (3) yellow for unsigned. Note that there is no "Microsoft registration" happening here. The publisher of any given piece of software is free to sign it themselves directly. This is essentially the same technology used for "https" websites. In both cases, the company buys a certificate from a 3rd party vendor that will validate it's really them. If you are installing random software off the Internet or open source software without a company affiliation, then there's no way to know if the software is what it claims to be or something designed to steal your password and information. At that point, it's up to you. At least with the prompt, you can try to make some kind of guess. -- -Chuck Walbourn SDE, XNA Developer Connection This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warrenties, and confers no rights.
Guest Charlie Russel - MVP Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Digital signature Actually, there's a fourth - you get red for a signature that's an untrusted signature. One that MS hasn't approved. I know this from installing FabulaTech USB over Internet product, which IS signed, but there's an issue with the signature. Oh, and you CAN install it, and it does work. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]" <chuckw@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:287C2207-38D3-457E-8124-4EF893A9B0E6@microsoft.com... > You get "digital signature" warnings for two possible cases: > > (A) Installing unsigned kernel-mode drivers. You can't actually install > unsigned kernel-mode drivers on Windows Vista x64, so this warning is > fatal. > > (B) Running applications that are prompting for administrator elevation. > The prompt itself is (1) blue for a Microsoft Windows code signature, (2) > grey for a non-Microsoft signature, or (3) yellow for unsigned. > > Note that there is no "Microsoft registration" happening here. The > publisher of any given piece of software is free to sign it themselves > directly. This is essentially the same technology used for "https" > websites. In both cases, the company buys a certificate from a 3rd party > vendor that will validate it's really them. If you are installing random > software off the Internet or open source software without a company > affiliation, then there's no way to know if the software is what it claims > to be or something designed to steal your password and information. At > that point, it's up to you. At least with the prompt, you can try to make > some kind of guess. > > -- > -Chuck Walbourn > SDE, XNA Developer Connection > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warrenties, and confers no > rights.
Guest Robert Bristow Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Digital signature In message <#4NOf6fCJHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Charlie Russel - MVP <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> writes >no. Be thankful it's there. > Sorry I should have been a little more specific. I have used the software for around 12 years now and trust it. And, whilst I am thankful for it in a few cases, in others it is a pain that I would like to turn off for that program only. It is my belief that too many unnecessary warnings that you get used to automatically over riding leads to reflex over riding at the wrong time. -- John
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