Permanently disable driver signature enforcement in Windows 10 Home version 1803

i've been wondering the same thing about how to permanently make stupid windows 10-64 ignore a driver being unsigned for a Dell Latitude E4300.

closest i ever got was using admin cmd to at least force the menu to show every boot so that i can press 7 or F7 at my liesure without having to babysit it quite so much.

bcdedit /set advancedoptions on

and to microsofties... i had to manually edit a stupidly made intel inf file and remove it's matching cat file so that it would realize that yes it is compatible to install win7-64 video driver since inbox drivers are often all out of date and missing full features, like opengl library and config utility.

tip to all... windows update lies about checking for updated drivers, try checking your compatible hardware ids and you will often find newer versions for everything in the catalog, for example

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=PCI%5cVEN\_8086%26DEV\_282A

and to audio stutter sufferers... no, using this method to update raid, network, wifi, (but not oddly old 2006 audio) and then the manual tweak to install video did not fix the common system level audio stutter introduced after stupidly upgrading from 1709 to 1803 which 1809 didn't fix it either (always test thoroughly before deleting old windows, doh!), and using usb speakers had the same audio stutter problem as well.

hope that helps.

Hi Rohit.

Although I am very grateful for your response, I feel you haven't actually read beyond the title of my question, or understood what it is I am saying.

Your first method does not work in the latest version of Windows and your second method only works for that particular reboot and is not persistent.

So my question still stands, is it possible in 64 bit Win 10 v.1803 to permanently disable driver signature enforcement?

Many thanks,

Michael Clough

Hi Michael,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

You can try the following steps to disable driver signature enforcement:

Method 1:

1. Open Command prompt (Admin) by right clicking on start button.
2. Then type the command: bcdedit /set testsigning off.

Note: If you see a message saying the value is “protected by Secure Boot policy”, that means Secure Boot is enabled in your computer’s UEFI firmware which can be disabled from BIOS.  

Method 2:

1. Restart your computer by pressing the shift key.
2. You will be on a blue screen asking you to “Choose an Option”.
3. Then select “Troubleshoot” from the options.
4. Then click on “Advanced Options”.
5. Then click on “Startup Settings”.
6. Then click on “Restart”.
7. Then your Computer will start and ask you to press a number to choose the option.
8. Please press 7 or F7 to “disable driver signature Enforcement”.

For further help, we would suggest you to please post your question in the TechNet forum.

Hope it helps.

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Rohit Raina

Microsoft Community - Moderator

disable  uefi mode or secure mode in bios .then restart the windows.

type  below cmd 

C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks off

restart the windows.

Hi Raju, thanks for your input.

When I said it was an aging laptop, I should have specified it's reeeeally old, it's from 2007. As such, it doesn't have UEFI BIOS and therefore no secure boot either.