That's the point of the driver-signing process - to ENSURE that installed
drivers don't bring the whole system to it's knees!
There are very few (I hesitate to say 'no') cases where a set of signed
drivers need an unsigned update.
Driver-signing also ensures that the driver you are installing really is the
driver you think it is - without some interesting add-on that a
Russian/Chinese/US bot-master would like you to install.
--
Noel Paton (MVP 2002-2006)
(CrashFixPC)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Curious" <mailmenot@nomail.com> wrote in message
news:OBUnPAXjJHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> All you are doing when you select to load an unsigned driver from a major
> vendor such as Nvidia or ATI is speed up the time the time to get the
> driver son your system since there is a delay waiting for MS to test the
> driver which the supplier has to pay MS to do to insure that it does no
> violate any Vista 64 driver restrictions.
>
> "Noel Paton" <noeldp@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uxr33UWjJHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Um - I don't think that you can actually (quite) do that!
>>
>> http://www.mstalkonline.com/vista-in...er-in-x64-bit/
>> http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=18585
>> be VERY aware that if you choose the latter courses you are opening your
>> system to some serious vulnerabilities!
>>
>> --
>> Noel Paton (MVP 2002-2006)
>> (CrashFixPC)
>>
>> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>> http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk
>>
>> "James" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:OEAcYjVjJHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> good to know, thanks.
>>>
>>> "Curious" <mailmenot@nomail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:O02MBLSjJHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> If you have an unsigned Vista 64 bit driver you can select "load
>>>> unsigned driver" from the F8 boot menu so you can load it.
>>>>
>>>> "James" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:eV16tASjJHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> thanks for the input, I appreciate it.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Noel Paton" <noeldp@crashfixpc.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eM6Q0sJjJHA.5588@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Yes, it's possible - depending on how the driver writer actually
>>>>>> designed it. the biggest difference between 64-bit and 32-bit drivers
>>>>>> (apart from the actual bit-length) is that 64-bit drivers MUST be
>>>>>> signed (with a certificate) - this can be accommodated within a
>>>>>> download quite easily.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Noel Paton (MVP 2002-2006)
>>>>>> (CrashFixPC)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>>>>>> http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk
>>>>>> "James" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uRbC8QJjJHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Is it possible for one driver to be intended for both 32bit and
>>>>>>> 64bit version of a Windows operating system? or are there *always*
>>>>>>> seperate 32 and 64bit versions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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