This article provides a step-by-step guide with screenshots on how to disable driver digital signature verification for various versions of Windows, including 11, 10, 8.1, and 7.
- Go to Start => Settings
- Go to the "Update & Security" menu.
- Then go to the "Recovery" menu => Advanced startup => Click on the "Restart Now" button.
Your PC will then restart and you will be taken to the boot menu. In this menu, click "Troubleshoot".
- Next, in the "Troubleshoot" menu, click on "Advanced options".
- In the new menu, select the "Startup Setting" item.
Now click on "Restart".
In this menu you need to select item 7. To select it, press F7 on the keyboard.
The PC will reboot again, but only to the operating system. You can now install the application that requested the digital signature verification, it should not request it now.
To switch to the Digital Signature Disabled mode, restart the PC while holding down the Shift key on your keyboard.
From the Options menu, select "Troubleshoot".
Next, select "Advanced Options".
Go to "Startup Settings".
Now click on "Restart" in the startup settings.
Now you need to select item 7 in the startup settings by pressing F7 on your keyboard. The computer will restart, and now you can try to install the application that requires digital signature verification.
- Open a command prompt as an administrator. Start => type CMD in search => right click on the search result "Command Prompt" => open as administrator.
- Next, type the following commands one at a time at the command prompt.
bcdedit.exe /set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON
Re-install the application that requires a digital signature after restarting your PC.
Caution! After restarting, the system may display "Test Mode" in the lower right corner of the window. This means that the system is being used without digital signature verification; once you install the required application that requires a digital signature, you can enable verification so that you do not receive the test mode message. To do this, follow the instructions.
