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A Crisis Involving 'Unsigned' Drivers
I am in a somewhat desperate situation at the moment involving my main PC. After a recent Windows 7 update my internet connection completely ceased to work. When I tried to update my Wireless adapter's drivers (Netgear WNA1100) the following error message came up:
Windows requires a digitally signed driver:
A recently installed program tried to install an unsigned driver. This version of Windows requires all drivers to have a valid digital signature. the driver is unavailable and the program that uses this driver might not work correctly.
Uninstall the program or device that uses this driver and check the publisher''s support website to get a digitally signed driver.
Driver: Atheros Security NDIS 6.0 Filter Driver
Service: JumpStart Wireless Filter Driver
Publisher: Atheros Communications, Inc.
Location: C:\Windows\System...\jswpslwfx.sys
I attempted to find a temporary solution through using ICS to keep me connected through my laptop but my ethernet drivers have ceased to function properly (because of the Filter driver in question)
I also spent the better part of yesterday attempting to correspond with Netgear for a solution to no avail. Is there any way possible of resolving this without having to go through a full OS reinstall?
I've also tried to set Windows to allow unsigned drivers and yet the same result occurs. When connecting to the internet the procedure stops and for troubleshooting the problem in Windows a driver problem is cited as the issue.
I don't consider myself an expert in such matters so I wouldn't mind having suggestions dumbed down a bit. Also if it's needed. A full report of my system is linked below:
Report.txt - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage
I would really appreciate the help, this has put me under a fair bit of stress. >: