How to Install Unsigned Drivers in Windows 10

Hello and welcome to Char Note. Any hardware devices attached to your Windows framework oblige you to introduce equipment drivers to work legitimately. The equipment drivers have low-level access to your Windows framework with the goal that they can function as they ought to. Since the drivers access the bit, Windows requires those drivers to be formally marked. Any driver that doesn't have the official driver signature from Microsoft won't be permitted to introduce on Windows.

In any case, there will be times when you have to introduce informal drivers, unsigned drivers or even old drivers with no advanced mark. In those cases, you have to jump around a bit to introduce unsigned drivers in Windows. The accompanying is the manner by which to introduce unsigned drivers in Windows 10.

Note: checking driver marks is a security include, and handicapping it is not suggested. Just introduce unsigned drivers from confided in sources.

There are three distinctive approaches to introduce unsigned drivers in Windows 10. I will demonstrate to all of you three of them. Take after the one that is most agreeable to you.

1. Install Unsigned Drivers from Advanced Boot Menu

The easiest way to install unsigned drivers is to use the Windows 10 Advanced Boot menu. To do that, press “Win + X,” navigate to “Shutdown” and then “Shift + Left Click” on the “Restart” option.

The above action will restart your system and will take you to the Advanced Boot menu. Here, select the “Troubleshooting” option.

In the Troubleshoot section select the option “Advanced Options.”

Now, select “Start-up Settings.”

The Startup Settings option will allow you to boot your Windows system in different modes. Just click on the “Restart” button to continue.

Since we need to install unsigned drivers, press F7 on your keyboard to select the seventh option “Disable driver signature enforcement.”

As soon as you press the key, your system will boot into Windows. Now you can install any unsigned driver you wish. After installing, restart your system, and the Driver Signature Enforcement will be automatically enabled from the next reboot.

If you ever want to install another unsigned driver, you have to go through the above process again

2. Install Unsigned Drivers by Enabling Test Mode

Another way to install unsigned drivers is to enable the test mode in Windows 10. The good thing about this method is that it will stay enabled until you manually turn it off – a pretty useful way if you are testing different drivers.

To start, press “Win + X” to open the Power User menu, and then select the option “Command Prompt (Admin).”

The above action will open the Command Prompt with admin rights. Here, copy and execute the below command:

bcdedit /set testsigning on

You will see that the command has been successfully executed. Just restart your system, and you will be booted into Test Mode. When you are in Test Mode, you can install the unsigned drivers. Moreover, you will also see a watermark, something like the one in the screenshot below, to let you know that your Windows system is in Test Mode.

Once you are done installing the driver, it is important that you turn off test mode. To do that, use the below command as an admin and reboot your system:

bcdedit /set testsigning off

3. Install Unsigned Drivers by Disabling Integrity Checks

You can also disable the integrity checks to install unsigned drivers. To disable integrity checks, open the Command Prompt as admin from the Power User menu and execute the below command:

bcdedit /set nointegritychecks off

After executing the command, just restart your system, and you can install the unsigned driver on your Windows 10 machine.

Just like with Testing Mode, it is important to enable the integrity checks. To re-enable integrity check, execute the below command as an admin in the command prompt: