NET START command on successfully signed driver results in "Certificate was revoked by its issuer"

Barry Kierstein 1 Reputation point
2021-10-06T23:57:33.823+00:00

I am working on a Windows driver, and have successfully signed and submitted it to the Microsoft Partners portal. After a successful installation, I get the following error message when executing NET START driver-name:

System error 2148204812 has occurred.

A certificate was explicitly revoked by its issuer.

I have downloaded the Certificate Revocation List from both the EV Code certificate from DigiCert and and the signing certificate from Microsoft as specified by the CRL Distribution Points field of the certificates. The serial number of the certificates are not in the downloaded CRL lists. In addition, used the DigiCertUtil application to verify the validity of the DigiCert certificate, and the application showed that the certificate was valid.

Does anyone know why this error message is being displayed? Anything that I am overlooking?

Thanks for your help.

Details of the certificates for the driver

VMS Software, Inc
** SHA256, Timestamp Thursday, September 9, 2021 8:49:49 PM
** Valid to Thursday, August 11, 2022 7:59:59 PM

Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
** SHA256, Timestamp Saturday, September 11, 2021 2:10:43 pm
** Valid to Sunday, October 31, 2021 2:22 58 PM

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
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