Forcing the installation of a driver on Vista

Last update on November 14, 2009 07:59 AM by jak58
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Forcing the installation of a driver on Vista








Intro


Under Windows Vista, You have certainly noticed that not all drivers that works under this OS. This is due to the fact that windows block all unsigned drivers as default.

Below is a proposed solution of how to deactivation the function that verify signatures of drivers.

Solution

  • Go to menu Start and select Run
  • Then type: 


bcdedit /set nointegritychecks ON
  • Then restart your computer and install the unsigned driver.
  • Once you installed the drivers, you can reactivate the function by
  • Click on menu Start > Run.
  • Then copy/paste the following command: 


bcdedit /set nointegritychecks OFF
  • Restart your computer to all configuration.

Note


You must be very careful about the version of Windows Vista you have installed (either 32 or 64 bits), as most hardware does not currently have 64-bit drivers.
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