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    Driver Signing Help

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Big_Blue79, Jun 13, 2008.

  1. Big_Blue79

    Big_Blue79 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello All!

    I just received my Sager 5793 from powernotebooks.com today. I am trying to disable Vista-mandated driver signing. My specs are:

    T8300
    8800M GTX (174.90)
    320GB 5200rpm HDD
    4GB DDR2 RAM
    Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1

    I have the following updates installed:

    KB950762
    KB951376
    KB951698
    KB948590
    KB950759
    KB950760
    KB905866
    KB947562
    KB950126
    KB941693
    KB938371
    KB937287
    KB935509

    Something is disabling the bcdedit workaround for digital signatures. Any ideas? And thanks!
     
    Big_Blue79, Jun 13, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    You have to make sure that you are running Command Prompt as an Admin.

    To clarify, the OP is trying to use RivaTuner 2.09... which should work fine for Vista SP1.
     
    Gophn, Jun 13, 2008
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    Big_Blue79 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ^ Yes, let me clarify a bit.

    I've found so far 6 updates that will remove the admin ability to ignore driver signing:
    KB932596
    KB938979
    KB941649
    KB938194
    KB943078
    KB943899

    http://www.overclock.net/windows/263172-how-permanently-disable-vista-x64-driver.html

    However, I have none of those installed. I am trying to use RivaTuner 2.09, like Gophn said, and will be using other programs that lack an approved signature as well.

    If no one knows I can be a guinea pig when I get time and remove updates one by one to see what works. I expect this to be an ongoing issue and future patches will probably also disable this feature.
     
    Big_Blue79, Jun 13, 2008
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  4. sterben

    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    This is what I use:
    http://www.citadel.co.nr/readydriverplus/

    It basically adds readydriver as an option during boot and automatically tabs down to 'disable driver signing enforcement' so you don't have to do it manually. It's sorta of a cheap runaround but it adds like 5s (less if you tell it to not wait 3s but I don't so i can boot into safe mode easy if I need) to your boot time and does everything automatically so I don't have a problem with it, you can still f8 manually too if you wish.

    Anyway, it does this automatically for me now on every boot so I never have to worry about the driver signing anymore. I used to have it the other way using bcedit but since that was broken with updates, I just use this now.
     
    sterben, Jun 14, 2008
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    Big_Blue79 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks so much, I'll give it a try!

    Update: that program works like a champ! It seems to be the only solution at this point, so cross your fingers that Microsoft doesn't close this loophole!
     
    Big_Blue79, Jun 14, 2008
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