To sign a driver for Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1, use the appropriate HCK (Hardware Certification Kit). Submit your driver and the merged HLK test results to the Windows Hardware Developer Center Dashboard portal.įor version-specific details, please review the WHCP (Windows Hardware Compatibility Program) policy for the Windows versions you want to target.If you have multiple logs, merge them into a single log using the most recent HLK.For each version of Windows 10 that you want to certify on, download the Windows HLK (Hardware Lab Kit) for that version and run a full cert pass against the client for that version.To sign a driver for Windows 10, follow these steps: Signing a driver for client versions of Windows
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To prevent systems from failing to boot properly, boot drivers will not be blocked, but they will be removed by the Program Compatibility Assistant.
There are many different ways to submit drivers to the portal. Note that an EV code signing certificate is required to establish a dashboard account. To get your driver signed, first Register for the Windows Hardware Dev Center program. Starting with Windows 10, version 1607, Windows will not load any new kernel-mode drivers which are not signed by the Dev Portal.