Set Driver Signing behavior.

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This setting controls the options that should appear if Windows is about to install a driver that has not been digitally signed.

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Description:
Driver signing lets you make sure that installed drivers are compatible with windows, which means that the driver being installed has been tested by microsoft and works as expected. This setting controls the options that should appear if windows is about to install a driver that has not been digitally signed. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey \driver signing does not exist, create it as explained below. Then, create dword and binary value with the same name policy. The data value of hkey_current_user path depends upon the value you write in hkey_local_machine path. The below table shows the combination of values you can use in hkey_current_user path when the values in hkey_local_machine path is either 0 or 1 or 2. <table><tr><td>local machine value</td><td>current user value (code_value)</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>0 or 1 or 2</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>1 or 2</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr></table> note: 0 represents installing driver without any warning. 1 displaying a warning and asking user before installing a driver. 2 do not allow unsigned drivers. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.

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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\]</b> key, right-click and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "Driver Signing".

Third, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "Policy".

Fourth, right-click on the 'Policy' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Fifth, enter either of the code values in the text box like "00 - Ignore, 01 - Warn, 02 - Block" and click on 'OK'. It further depends upon the values given on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE path.

Sixth, go to the <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing\]</b> key, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > Binary Value" to create a new Binary value with the name "Policy".