Permanently Disable Driver Signing

[otronics]

Hello.

Is this possible any more?

I have a Modem and I am trying to get it to work.

It DOES work when I use Advanced Startup - I select 'Disable driver signature enforcement' and the Modem works fine.

However, when I reboot normally again, it doesn't work and says I need a signed driver.

I cannot seem to disable driver signing once and for all.

I have tried an elevated command prompt with these commands:

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

It boots into test mode but still does not accept the driver.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[Colif]

Where did you get those bcdedit commands?

Step 2 here might help (don't download anything) - http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows

MIcrosoft seem to agree with those commands in link above

Driver Signature Enforcement is one of the security features that we make to make sure that only signed drivers can load on your system. Take note that disabling driver signature enforcement will install drivers that weren’t officially signed. To disable driver signature enforcement permanently, you can follow the steps below:

1. Open an elevated Command Prompt. To do this, press the Windows key, type Command Prompt, press right click on the Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
2. Type or paste the following:

bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks on

Restart your computer.
If you want to enable the driver signature enforcement, just follow the steps above and type or paste the following:

bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks off

Should you need further assistance, don't hesitate to get back to us.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware-winpc/how-to-disable-driver-signature-enforcement/25d30494-eb02-4289-a9de-e79b1bb89bc5?auth=1

 

[otronics]

Thanks but it still didn't work.

 

[otronics]

Any more ideas?

 

[Colif]

what modem is it? i just want to make sure there aren't newer drivers.

 

[otronics]

There is no exact model number on the modem but it is a Conexant. This one: https://www.getfaxing.com/product/usb-data-voice-fax-modem-conexant-chipset/

The driver CD it came with has drivers that go up to Windows 8.

These were working on Windows 10 (with driver signing disabled) until the Anniversary update.

 

[Colif]

win 10 enforces Driver signatures now, that was the edition it started in. Conexant was bought out by Synaptics in 2017 and judging by their web site, they don't support this model anymore

https://www.synaptics.com/resources#drivers

I suspect the win 10 drivers they say work in that article are just relabelled win 8 drivers.

You might need to find a replacement which has Win 10 drivers. Many say they do but 1 way to tell if they are just win 8 drivers is to see if device also supports XP, as I suspect many new ones don't go that far back now. Anniversary edition tripped up a bunch of devices that didn't have signed drivers.