Installing Test-Signed Driver Packages

Starting with Windows Vista, a test-signed driver package should install and load without user interaction if the following conditions are true:

• The driver package complies with the generic requirements of Windows Vista and later versions of Windows.

• The driver package is signed and the signature is verified, as described in Test-Signing Driver Packages.

• The driver package is not altered after it is signed.

• The test certificates that were used to sign the driver package are installed correctly on the test computer, as described in Installing a Test Certificate on a Test Computer.

• If a non-PnP driver has a signed catalog file instead of an embedded signature, the installation application that installs the driver has installed the catalog file in the system catalog root directory, as described in Installing a Test-Signed Catalog File for a Non-PnP Driver.

• Test-signing is enabled on the test computer. For more information, see the TESTSIGNING Boot Configuration Option.

For an overview of how to install a test-signed driver package, see Installing a Test-Signed Driver Package on the Test Computer.

For more information about how to troubleshoot installation problems, see Troubleshooting Install and Load Problems with Signed Driver Packages.