Problem when installing known good drivers 1

[euston]

Windows XP Pro on one of my machines repeatedly asks for confirmation that drivers, which I know are of good provenance (e.g. from Microsoft and AVG), are OK to use. I tried setting Driver Signing Properties to 'Ignore' instead of 'Prompt' in Control Panel->System Properties but the change would not stick.

Is there a file somewhere that has become deleted or corrupted and has resulted in Windows querying all driver installations? It's a recently installed system and the installation process or subsequent use has betrayed no sign of causing this problem.

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[BadBigBen]

OK, on your machine, open RegEdit and navigate to the following Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing (and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Non-Driver Signing) and list what is written there?


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[euston]

Thank you for responding BigBadBen.

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing' contains value names '(Default)' which has a value of '(value not set)' (type REG_SZ) and 'Policy' which has a value of 1 (type REG_BINARY). That is all.

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Non-Driver Signing' is absent.

The same situation exists on another system which works properly in respect of the subject of this enquiry.

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[BadBigBen]

under that first key, change the value of POLICY by double clicking the key, and entering 00 and hit < DEL > once (to remove the 01), then exit regedit.

the second key leave it as it is, that one controls the drivers that are not signed, to be installed without asking for confirmation...

if this does not solve the issue, then by all means revert the change, and report back, I will then look for another solution (if possible)...

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[euston]

The 'Non-Driver Signing' registry was absent so I created it. I can now set Driver Signing Properties to 'Ignore' instead of 'Prompt' in Control Panel->System Properties and the change is persistent.

Unfortunately, the sledgehammer did a lot of damage to the computer case.

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[BadBigBen]

OK, I misread what you wanted... I had thought that you wanted SIGNED drivers to install quietly (as it seemed that they did not - from the way I read that)...

but seeing that you got there with the secondary information, then all is good...



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[euston]

You read it right BigBadBen. What is puzzling me is that drivers from impeccable sources (such as Microsoft and AVG) seem not to be recognised as 'signed'. Still, the system runs OK.

Microsoft does the signing and firms like AVG pay Microsoft to do it. Isn't that the way it works?

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[BadBigBen]

>> Isn't that the way it works?

that is the way it supposed to work...



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