Registration at Hardware Dev Center fails, signed file not accepted

Question

I tried to register at Hardware Dev Center using https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/dashboard/Registration/Hardware?step=SignUpload

I did the following 4 times:

I clicked on Download the signable file now

I used my EV certificate from Sectigo to sign the file. I uploaded the same file (now signed) and got the error message:

We encountered a problem processing the file you uploaded. Please ensure the file you sign and upload is the same file you downloaded.

Correlation ID ...

I tried 2 command lines to sign and got 2 Correlation IDs:

signtool.exe sign /f Schluessel-zum-Signieren.pfx /p ... /fd SHA256 \Users\paul.sievers.MS-AG\Downloads\SignableFile.bin

Correlation ID 84eb3079-07fe-49cb-ac28-6f03193e548c,CwCFrGYXdEqrZdhm.1.

signtool.exe sign /f Schluessel-zum-Signieren.pfx /tr http://timestamp.sectigo.com/rfc3161 /fd sha256 /td sha256 /as /v /p ... \Users\paul.sievers.MS-AG\Downloads\SignableFile.bin

Correlation ID 4dda14f8-4996-4b94-8da8-30b515e08cb1,fT9PmVDAckidB4XY.1.

Both tries were unsuccessful.

I used Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.0) for signing.

Answer 1

The reason for the problem was that the certificate I used was not an EV certificate

Answer 2

Solved: The reason for the problem was that the certificate I used was not an EV certificate