DerFahrer Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Good evening folks, I recently updated my computer to Windows 8.1 (64-bit), and I'm not sure that's the cause of my problem, but now the W7 64-bit driver won't work for my Net MD MZ-NF520D. I re-downloaded the driver from this website () and tried to update it under my Devices screen in Control Panel. But I got an error. Here's a screenshot of it: Any idea what's happening here? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Look through the site. Windows 8 forces drivers to be signed which this driver is not. You have to suppress driver signing for long enough to install. It's perfectly safe to do this for this driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azureal Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Darn Stephen, I was thinking this was an excuse for us to upgrade to the latest OS for a new challenge! ;-) Seriously though, I thing sfbp is right, setting the OS to ignore unsigned drivers temporarily should resolve the issue. Just Google how to disable signed driver requirements for W8.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SileEeles Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Windows 8 (or 8.1) isn't as bad as people make out I think. It's definitley different, but Microsoft are rectifying the more "touch" and "tablet" aspects of it for desktop users, even in the newest update, 8.1 Update 1. They will also be bringing the start menu back in a later update, although you can do this already with a tool called Classic Shell, which I recommend, its incredibly configurable and customizable (there are others, but none match the scope of this one IMO). For me, 8.1 works essentially like Windows 7, and the Tiles and apps are like extra features, some of which are awesome. As for this problem, I also had it, which was resolved by the same method (disabling the os requirment for signed drivers, which I've left it disabled). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olufsen Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-install-an-un-signed-3rd-party-driver-in-windows-8/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerFahrer Posted May 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 That was it! I don't remember having to do that when my computer was on W8, before I updated, but my memory is unreliable for stuff like that anyway. Thanks everyone for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Bear Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Here is how I did it.......see my post at Regards Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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