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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
You have to pay to get a certificate and send the driver to microsoft for review. Way too many hoops to jump through.
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Actually, you need WHQL cert only to skip the warning box when installing the driver. For other uses Authenticode is enough:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlog...ign_perOS.mspx
And yes, certificates cost some money. If anyone could generate his own that would defeat the purpose.