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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
As I understand it, you can run unsigned drivers by pressing F8 at boot time. But to run on a normal boot your driver needs to be signed. Whether you have to pay money or not to get a certificate is really not the point. The fact that you *have to* sign your driver to use it is.
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But that's the whole point of it. The fact that only signed drivers will run is to prevent "rogue" programs from invisibly "injecting" unauthorised drivers into the system. It's a security thing.