Remotely disable driver signature enforcement windows 8.1

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Hello,

I'm trying to remotely install a driver, windows refuses because signature enforcement (it's a self written driver for a thermal printer).

We're trying to prevent doing it in location (as that saves 3 hours, of which 2 driving) but trying it remotely.

Tools available in pc:
LMI Central, Teamviewer Corporate.

Windows 8.1 pro

Is it possible to remotely install the driver ?

Startup settings is impossible I think as it requires actual keyboard input before tv/lmi services are loaded.

I have tried:
1. Launch an admin command prompt.
2. Type ''bcdedit -set {current} loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS''
3. Type ''bcdedit -set {current} TESTSIGNING ON''

I have also tried it with the BCDedit gui ( > Administrative Templates -> System -> Driver Installation -> Code signing for drivers).

Doesn't work.

I have also tried some third party tools (DSEO 1.3b). to no avail

But apparently the Microsoft ****s have released an update to prevent this from a certain moment in Vista, and you have to go in bios and disable UEFI Secure Boot, but I can't go into bios with LMI/TV.

Is there a way to install my driver before wasting 2 hours driving to location :confused: ?
 
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Mynight said:
:(. Sorry.

Is there no one on site you can talk through it?
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Politics...

It might, but it may cost just as much time as going there myself in the end, with the added disadvantage that if it doesn't work we lose credit and time.

Plus no keyboard nearby and the kiosk would need to be opened to get to the pc, just gives me a headache to even think of explaining it to them, company in question are a travel company with pretty much all 20-30 aged lasses who have no clue about computers, it took me 30 minutes on the phone recently to just explain how to fix the paper in a receipt printer...

Our company deals a lot in Self service kiosks, and we come across more and more annoyances from Windows limitations. Especially since windows 10, even the ''retailer'' versions (eg. Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2015 LTSB Retail, THESE ARE MADE FOR applications like POS systems, ATM's, Kiosks, Industry tablets, medical devices, etc...) seem to have features (which we can't disable normally, we'd need to write an own app/service that catches certain windows and interacts with them) that make no sense on unattended systems.

But this specific limitation is another example of them, why can't this be done remotely, why does someone need to be there physically to disable driver signature enforcement on a reboot to install a driver...

We had a project examining to migrate our software to linux, but there is a lot of work when your applications are built in .NET to convert them, and also drivers for all the hardware (barcode scanners, thermal printers, rfid scanners, driving (CCV or Worldline/ATOS) pin terminals, etc...).

The hardware market has grown a lot in the recent years in embedded single board computers, but the software market seems to go 1 step forwards two steps back. On the Microsoft side anyhow. way to much focus on ''dumb'' consumers and way to little on professional solutions.


Anyhow, enough offtopic, if anyone has any advise on how to install an unsigned driver without physically having to be there on win 8.1, it'd be greatly appreciated.
 
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