Please only do so when you fully understand what you are about to do. NOTE: Please be aware that disabling this, feature and using or installing the driver that was not officially signed could cause damage to your PC.
In order to install an unsigned driver, you need to disable driver signature enforcement. This is referred to as “driver signature enforcement”. If a driver isn’t certified by Microsoft, Window won’t run them on either 32-bit or 64-bit system. It is an electronic security mark that certifies the publisher for the driver, as well as all the relevant information related to it. must be digitally verified by Microsoft via a digital signature.
The drivers you normally install on your computer from Windows Update, Original Equipment Manufacturers or some 3th-party driver download software, etc. 1.3 Permanently Disable driver signature enforcement Disable Driver Signature Enforcement.1.1 Disable Driver Signature from Startup settings.Keep in mind that after the next restart, Driver Signature Enforcement will be automatically enabled again to prevent new drivers from being installed, but Windows will keep using any unsigned drivers you’ve already installed.
Just ignore the warning message and choose “ Install this driver software anyway” to complete the installation. During the installation procedure, Windows will inform you that can’t verify the publisher of this driver software. Proceed to install your unsigned drivers.
If you need to enable the Driver Signature Enforcement again, run this command instead: Note: In Windows 8.1, the Restart Now button has moved to PC Setting -> Update & Recovery -> Recovery. From now on, you will be able to install or run any unsigned driver without problems. Please press 7 or F7 to disable driver signature Enforcement. Then your Computer will start and ask you to press a number to choose the option. Then select Troubleshoot from the options.
You should receive “The operation completed successfully” message.
In Windows 10 or 8, just press the Windows key + X and then select “Command Prompt (Admin)”. Open a Command Prompt with admin privileges.Option 1: Disable Driver Signature Enforcement Completely Today, we’ll show you 2 methods to disable Driver Signature Enforcement in Windows 10, 8, 7 (64-bit) so you can then install / load unsigned drivers without problems. The problem is that many devices ship with unsigned drivers.
Dont worry after you restart Windows, it will boot with driver. After installing an unsigned device driver, it will always result in a blue screen of death during the startup process. Use the Advanced Boot Options menu to boot the system with driver signing enforcement disabled. It was designed to prevent unsigned device drivers (or kernel modules in general) from being loaded and executed. You will be on a blue screen asking you to Choose an Option. Restart your computer by pressing the shift key. In 64-bit operating systems starting with Windows Vista, Windows will load a kernel-mode driver only if the driver is signed. Permanently disable driver signature enforcement in Windows 10 Home version 1803.