Thursday, May 29, 2008

Disabling XP's check for signed drivers

It is possible to disable XP's check for signed drivers with the code
at http://openvpn.net/archive/openvpn-users/2004-11/msg00341.html

Of course, it's also possible to disable it manually via Start->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Driver Signing. But the C code from the link above allows an installer to disable it automatically. For the vertical application I maintain, I bundle every possible A/D board driver into an all-in-one InstallShield installation, and I have to use a variety of tricks to make them all install silently. This is the latest such trick.

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