Why is the Arduino software still using an unsigned driver under Windows 7? That's kind of lame for 2012. All Windows 7 drivers are supposed to be tested with the Static Driver Verifier. Did Arduino pass the test?
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Why is the Arduino software still using an unsigned driver under Windows 7?
Why do you object to a lack of signature?
That's kind of lame for 2012.
Why is the year relevant?
All Windows 7 drivers are supposed to be tested with the Static Driver Verifier. Did Arduino pass the test?
You will have to contact Microsoft. The kernel driver (usbser.sys) is their property.
I have honestly stopped paying attention over a decade ago, when windows 95 was still zippier than 98 and everything except Microsoft's crap default drivers was unsigned.
Did Arduino pass the test?
does it work? if yes then I would say it passed
(from someone who was using computers well before drivers existed)
Driver signing is nothing more than MS being a jerk.
If you don't have your driver tested (And I bet that'll cost you quite some $$$) you don't get a signature, no matter how good it works.
Look at the drivers from NVidia and ATI for their videocards. I have never seen crapier driver software than those and still they get a signature.