Windows 7: I messed up - Driver signature enforcement

lanken123 · 27 Oct 2009

are you sure about that? how would the ports work without the drivers?

kegobeer · 27 Oct 2009

I agree with Gamer - uninstall all of them, then scan for new hardware. Windows should detect and install the required drivers, replacing the damaged ones. Hopefully everything will be fixed. And, in the future, I'd stay away from whatever hack you found for your PS3 controller!

Dark Nova Gamer · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by lanken123

are you sure about that? how would the ports work without the drivers?

If anything, it should attempt to reinstall them on the next reboot. I'm not guaranteeing it will work though.

kegobeer · 27 Oct 2009

If it doesn't work, you can always restore to a previous restore point.

lanken123 · 27 Oct 2009

I see. also ethernet doesnt seem to work either, will it try connecting to the internet for drivers?

Dark Nova Gamer · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by lanken123

I see. also ethernet doesnt seem to work either, will it try connecting to the internet for drivers?

If it was automatically installed when you first installed Windows 7 then it should do the same for that.

kegobeer · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by lanken123

I see. also ethernet doesnt seem to work either, will it try connecting to the internet for drivers?

Not unless you uninstall it, too. I think your system is hosed. At this point, you should probably try to do a repair action instead of messing around in the device manager.

Dark Nova Gamer · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by kegobeer

Quote: Originally Posted by lanken123

I see. also ethernet doesnt seem to work either, will it try connecting to the internet for drivers?

Not unless you uninstall it, too. I think your system is hosed. At this point, you should probably try to do a repair action instead of messing around in the device manager.

Agreed, if those do not work (repair, or device manager) then your likely stuck with reinstalling Windows from scratch. :|

We learn from our mistakes, I hope you learned not to do what you did again.

lanken123 · 27 Oct 2009

yeah it doesn't seem to have worked. I'll try a system restore, and if that fails I guess I'll have to install windows again...ugh

kegobeer · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by lanken123

yeah it doesn't seem to have worked. I'll try a system restore, and if that fails I guess I'll have to install windows again...ugh

Try a repair action first. It's much quicker than a full install.

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