Disable Driver Signing in Windows 7 Using Group Policy Editor
Yesterday, this article told you how to disable driver signing in Windows 7 using the command line. It turns out that Windows provides options to disable driver signing in the group policy editor itself.
Disable Driver Signing in Windows 7 Using Group Policy Editor
If you want to turn off device driver signing in Windows 7 completely, do the following.
Hit the Win+R keys together to open the run dialog. Type gpedit.msc to open the local groups policy editor.
Expand ‘Administrative Templates’ (it’s under ‘User Configuration’). Expand ‘System’. Click ‘Driver Installation’.
In the right panel, double click on ‘Code Signing for Device Drivers’.
Choose ‘Enabled’ in the window that appears. In the underlying options, choose ‘Ignore’. This disables drivers signing in Windows 7, and now you can install unsigned drivers in Windows 7.
Click Apply, OK. Restart your computer to install unsigned drivers.
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This trick never worked in Vista64 and doesn’t work in W7 too.
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8 May 09 at 4:12 pm
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16 May 09 at 6:41 pm
I tried this and it did not work, is there anything that will let me install the drivers I want?
MGraves
17 May 09 at 7:54 am
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20 Jul 09 at 8:36 am
No group policy editor in Win7 Home Premium. Guess I should have installed Pro. sigh…
payton
18 Aug 09 at 11:48 am
Noob!
“Supported on: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 operating systems only”
last screen shot!!!!!
WTF
13 Sep 09 at 11:33 am
Sorry but this just doesn’t work, at least not for me and the others who commented above. I’m on Win 7 Pro 64-bit.
The other way, mentioned here, does work though:
http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/05/05/disable-driver-signing-windows-7/
Matthew
18 Sep 09 at 3:45 am
MATTHEW I FUCKING LOVE YOU!!!
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12 Oct 09 at 3:06 pm
Funny, everytime press win + r and type gpedit.msc then press Ok my winamp opens.
DenZaH
28 Nov 09 at 3:50 pm
Does not work for Vista64!!! Still get error 39!
Vista64
16 Dec 09 at 2:29 pm
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25 Jan 10 at 1:14 am
This worked for Inspiron 1521 on Windows 7 32bit in order to install the driver for the microphone…
here is the issue resolved on the dell forum
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/19299245/19623294.aspx#19623294
hope it work for all of you out there
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kendall
24 Feb 10 at 9:31 am
Thank you Matthew!!
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Wahidi
25 Feb 10 at 5:34 am
i tried both ways this site suggested and it did not work.i use win7 64bit.do u have any other ways or suggestions that will help.
jessie
26 Feb 10 at 5:59 am
This is the only thing that worked for me:
http://www.citadelindustries.net/readydriverplus/
What it does: It adds some stuff to your boot file and basically just emulates the keystrokes you usually do when pressing F8 and choosing the “disable driver signing” option on windows start. Not a perfect solution but it is working for me.
troy
11 Mar 10 at 11:42 pm
Yeah, readydriverplus works!
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9 Apr 10 at 6:42 pm
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20 Apr 10 at 7:12 pm
Did the author even bother test this before publishing it? Had he spent the extra 5 seconds to read the policy description he would have know this only applies to Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 operating systems only.
CanURead
29 Jun 10 at 9:48 pm
Seems to work on my Win 7 Professional build 7600.
zzz
12 Aug 10 at 7:33 pm
it doesnt work for me – WIN7 home premium 64bit
Lammer&Outsider
2 Sep 10 at 1:09 am