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Is it not possible to install unsigned drivers on Windows 7?

You won't get support from Microsoft in doing so, but you'll be able to continue using Windows 7 and will have to find an alternative way of validating the drivers.

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I don't know about windows 7, but on win10, one has to 1. generate one's own key 2. sign the driver 3. turn on test signing mode, which puts a watermark in the bottom-right of the desktop background, somewhat like "activate windows" watermark but only on background. Oh, and 1. and 2. are tedious, poorly-documented processes for which microsoft provides almost no support.

There are/will be if there already aren't patches which will disable the checks completely. With win10 it's a moving target, but 7 is not anymore so you don't have to worry about MS reverting your changes in an update.

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