APM Driver not installing in WIndows 8

Posted by Marque Cornblatt on November 5, 2012 at 12:30pm

Hi All-

I've been having trouble installing the Arduino Mega 2560.INF driver on a new windows 8 machine.  This is the error message:

"The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information".

Does anyone know how to overcome this?  Does the MP run under Windows 8?

Thanks,

-Marque

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  • Will Snodgrass November 6, 2012 at 12:24am
    this happend on win 7 too. can u still hit f8 while booting to disable enforcement?
  • Ramesh Tahlan November 5, 2012 at 8:50pm

    I was planning to get Windows8,,, but i think i will delay that to a later date... 

    need all my hobby stuff to work on it

    ramesh tahlan

  • Matthew Pitts November 5, 2012 at 4:45pm

    A better option would be for Microsoft to remove this check entirely and go back to how it was in Windows 7; I know a lot of small hardware designers that can't afford to have their "drivers" certified (they are actually using Microsoft provided drivers with a custom driver information file), and having to disable this to be able to install hardware is going to send the people to other operating systems that don't require this.

  • Robin Cottiss November 5, 2012 at 12:57pm

    The actual instructions (from the reply in the thread linked above by Louis Davis):

    I have come up with an alternative method to install the Arduino drivers on Windows 8.
    This method does not require new driver files or installation of a test signature.

    1. Windows Key + R
    2. Enter shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00
    3. Click the "OK" button
    4. System will restart to a "Choose an option" screen
    5. Select "Troubleshoot" from "Choose an option" screen
    6. Select "Advanced options" from "Troubleshoot" screen
    7. Select "Windows Startup Settings" from "Advanced options" screen
    8. Click "Restart" button
    9. System will restart to "Advanced Boot Options" screen
    10. Select "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"
    11. Once the system starts, install the Arduino drivers as you would on Windows 7

  • Robin Cottiss November 5, 2012 at 12:54pm

    Yes you can disable driver signature enforcement. See the instructions on page 2 of this thread on arduino.cc

    http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,94651.15.html

    The disable checking seems to be easiest so skip the instructions on how to create a dummy certificate etc.

    Robin

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