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Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable

How to Enable or Disable Driver Verifier in Windows 7
Published 01 Aug 2010
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Driver Verifier runs in the background, "testing" drivers for bugs. If it finds one, a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will result; the corresponding dump file will hopefully show the faulty driver.



OPTION ONE
To Enable Driver Verifier
1. Start typing verifier.exe into the start menu, and open Verifier.
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2. Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)", and hit Next.
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3. Make sure Standard settings, Force pending I/O requests, and IRP Logging are selected, and hit Next.
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4. Select "Select driver names From a list", and hit Next.
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5. Click on "Provider" at the top to sort the list by manufacturer; select all drivers not provided by Microsoft Corporation.
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6. Press Next, and OK to the resulting window.
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After a reboot, driver verifier should be enabled. Use your computer as you normally would, although expect frequent BSODs if there are driver issues. If the system doesn't crash after 24 hours, disable driver verifier.



OPTION TWO
To Disable Driver Verifier

1. Start typing verifier.exe into the start menu, and open Verifier.

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2. Select "Delete existing settings"

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If you cannot get into Windows to turn off Verifier, try using Safe Mode.


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01 Aug 2010  
reventon

 

Nicely written!

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04 Aug 2010  
CarlTR6

 

Very well done, Jonathan. Good clear instructions with illustrations.
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04 Aug 2010  
theog

 

Nice one, JK.
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04 Aug 2010  
derekimo

 

Good one JK, I didn't know that was there.
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06 Aug 2010  
Jonathan_King

 

Thanks guys.
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08 Aug 2010  
EvilOzzmess

 

This didn't work for me. I applied all settings as described, it said I needed to restart so I told it "OK" and nothing happened. I manually restarted, and it just booted up normally without any special screen or status report for the verification... I'm having BSODs though so that could be it.

What should I do to try and force this to work?
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08 Aug 2010  
Jonathan_King

 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by EvilOzzmess View Post
This didn't work for me. I applied all settings as described, it said I needed to restart so I told it "OK" and nothing happened. I manually restarted, and it just booted up normally without any special screen or status report for the verification... I'm having BSODs though so that could be it.

What should I do to try and force this to work?
It's probably working, it just doesn't show anything.

Open a command prompt and enter verifier /query.
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22 Sep 2010  
Bali

 

HI JK! UMMM should i verify this drivers too? )= kinda need some help here x.x
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File Type: rar Verifier.rar (101.1 KB, 1174 views)
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22 Sep 2010  
Jonathan_King

 

Yep, you want everything that doesn't say Microsoft, Unknown, or Macrovision.
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