I messed up - Driver signature enforcement

[lanken123]

I was trying to get my PS3 controller working with my PC, and followed a tutorial and it told me to disable driver signature enforcement, which I did...and now none of my ports work. my wireless kb/m don't work either.

I know i did something stupid..I just need help. All I got to use is a plug-in keyboard.

 

[kegobeer]

Which method did you use to disable enforcement?

 

[lanken123]

I pressed f8 on boot, and disabled it from there

 

[Zidane24]

I pressed f8 on boot, and disabled it from there

Reboot...it should be turned back off then

 

[lanken123]

rebooted multiple times, still doesn't seem to work.

 

[kegobeer]

Have you checked the device manager? Maybe things are just disabled. Also, you could also reverse whatever steps you took to enable your PS3 controller - uninstall it, whatever you have to do.

 

[lanken123]

I only have a keyboard to use..so I'll give it a shot

 

[kegobeer]

You can still navigate to the device manager. Win key -> device manager -> press the TAB key and then you can move around in the device manager.

 

[lanken123]

I got into device manager, under universal serial bus controller, all of em have a yellow question mark sign. when i enter the first one, in device status it says - Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardwre. the driver may be corrupted or missing.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

I got into device manager, under universal serial bus controller, all of em have a yellow question mark sign. when i enter the first one, in device status it says - Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardwre. the driver may be corrupted or missing.

Try uninstalling all of them, then reboot? Just a suggestion.


I need my own disclaimer for my posts.

 

[lanken123]

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

 

[kegobeer]

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]

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]

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

 

[lanken123]

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

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html?filter%5b2%5d=General%20Tips