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Windows 8 Requests
Josh:
Don't require driver signing for 64bit versions!
-Eóin (April 02, 2010, 04:17 PM)
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Why would you even say that? It helps keep things stable. By requiring driver signing you force developers to certify their drivers.
Innuendo:
Why would you even say that? It helps keep things stable. By requiring driver signing you force developers to certify their drivers. -Josh (April 02, 2010, 04:48 PM)
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So very true! I wish MS had made this requirement long ago.
Eóin:
Ye serious? Truecrypt, Sandboxie, ImDisk Virtual Disk, and lord knows how many other excellent and often free opensource application currently have to pay at least $230/year just so people can use their products without resorting to dodgy hacks like Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider w/ Remove Watermark.
How does such a system ultimately benefit anyone but Microsoft's greed?
Josh:
When combined with WHQL certification, it benefits the end user by ensuring that the drivers meets a set of standards and won't crash a system due to poorly written code. It is designed to ensure you know where you are getting a driver from and that it is not some hacked driver. Yes, those programs might very well be decent and I use a couple of the, but they need to be signed and tested. This is not just to line Microsoft's pockets but to ensure the end users computer experience is a good one.
Eóin:
I realize dodgy drivers can wreak havoc on a system, but so can dodgy applications. If the requirement could either be turned off, or if the fee was within the afford ability of a hobby programmer I'd have no problem, but without those I see greed before the user.
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