Digital Signature Error oxc0000428

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  1. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
       #1

    Digital Signature Error oxc0000428


    Hello, I'm new to this forum. Excuse me if this was posted before. I recently upgraded from Vista x32 to 7 x64. I'm getting the error stating, windows can't verify the digital signature for this file, winload.exe. status 0xc0000428. The computer will not boot unless I have the windows disk in the cd drive. THen, everything is ok. I tried just about everything that I found but, the same old thing. My question is, why does it boot to windows with the disk installed whereas the disk has the same files that were installed on my hard drive? I never had this issue with Vista. I even re installed win7 to see if that made a difference but it didn't. I tried bcdedit, bootrec, sfc /scannow, disable integrity checks, starting in safe mode, etc. If I keep the windows disk out, when booting, and after getting the error screen, it asks if I want to boot to Vista, which I don't even have. I deleted the windows.old folder. I have all the updates installed. Could this be a bug in windows 7 or is there something I'm missing. I'm willing to try anything. Thanks
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  2. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Here's a snapshot of my boot manager.


    Windows Boot Manager
    --------------------
    identifier {bootmgr}
    device partition=D:
    path \bootmgr
    description Windows Boot Manager
    locale en-US
    inherit {globalsettings}
    default {current}
    resumeobject {1f8184a2-14de-11df-9734-f08c6d8c50b0}
    displayorder {current}
    toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
    timeout 10
    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {current}
    device partition=C:
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Windows 7 Home Premium (recovered)
    locale en-US
    loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
    recoverysequence {75d2b361-c969-11e2-a50c-bf5993988f32}
    recoveryenabled Yes
    nointegritychecks Yes
    testsigning Yes
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {052f62a8-c948-11e2-a7a7-806e6f6e6963}


    The boot manager says device= D: whereas the boot loader says device= C:.
    Is that the way it's supposed to be? My windows is loaded on my C drive. I do have a D drive, but's a slave drive. My two cd drives are labeled A and B. My boot order is: B drive(CD) and then C drive(HDD)
    I made a recovery disc and leave it in drive B so I can start windows. Any thoughts here?
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  3. Posts : 36
    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #3

    mot76 said:
    Hello, I'm new to this forum. Excuse me if this was posted before. I recently upgraded from Vista x32 to 7 x64. I'm getting the error stating, windows can't verify the digital signature for this file, winload.exe. status 0xc0000428. The computer will not boot unless I have the windows disk in the cd drive. THen, everything is ok. I tried just about everything that I found but, the same old thing. My question is, why does it boot to windows with the disk installed whereas the disk has the same files that were installed on my hard drive? I never had this issue with Vista. I even re installed win7 to see if that made a difference but it didn't. I tried bcdedit, bootrec, sfc /scannow, disable integrity checks, starting in safe mode, etc. If I keep the windows disk out, when booting, and after getting the error screen, it asks if I want to boot to Vista, which I don't even have. I deleted the windows.old folder. I have all the updates installed. Could this be a bug in windows 7 or is there something I'm missing. I'm willing to try anything. Thanks
    Needs be to downgraded to Vista.
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  4. Posts : 5,915
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #4

    mot76,

    Try a repair install

    Repair
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  5. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
    Thread Starter
       #5

    If I use one of these repair programs, will my original product key work to reactivate windows? I did try an upgrade again while in windows with my windows 7 dvd. Is that didn't than what you're suggesting?
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  6. Posts : 5,915
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #6

    Yes, your key will still work.
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  7. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Hi Dude, I downloaded the win 7 home premium sp1 (media refresh) and it said it was corrupt when I tried to run it. I see there's other versions that have either media refresh, old u or rtm listed at the end of their file. Which one would I be using?
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
    Thread Starter
       #8

    I also downloaded the win7 home premium sp1 (old) and it says it's an invalid file when trying to burn it. Any suggestions?
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  9. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
    Thread Starter
       #9

    When I unzip the iso file, the only thing I get is a readme file and one that says, bootable_noEmulation. That's showing a size of 4kb. The original download was about 2gb. And that took a good hour to download. Something's not right here.
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  10. Posts : 78
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #10

    this is likely to be problem with windows bootloader. somehow, the bootloader got messed up after the upgrade. this link might help :
    Error 0XC0000428 at startup – Steps to fix error 0XC0000428 effectively_CheeseSoft Official Blog
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