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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Microsoft refuses to allow unsigned drivers to run on 64-bit Vista. In other words you have to beg (and pay) them for the privilege of writing device drivers for their wonderful operating system. I suggest you get off the Microsoft train wreck ASAP.
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Actually This is misinformation..
64bit is designed to be more secure so defaults to wanting signed drivers.
So you know you are getting software that is from a known source vs a trojan. Kernal mode drivers and drivers that are releated to the protected content playing in vista are the ones that need to be signed.
Here is how to disable that:
http://chris123nt.com/2007/04/28/driver-signing-in-x64/
if you are courious...
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Win....mspx?mfr=true
You do not need to pay for windows logo certification to have a signed driver, you just need to get a trusted certificate from a root provider like you would for a website or email signature. The cert is not sold by microsoft.. and costs between $150-200 a year.. there may be cheaper versions.