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Robin

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Post by Robin » September 19, 2016, 7:51 pm
Hey hey,

So yeah, I won't tell the story as it's full of bullshit but I've an issue.
My mom wanted Windows on her Mac (yeah...), so I did.
Now, all Apple drivers have been installed, however the keyboard is completely unresponsive if I do anything.

Now, the issue: the keyboard driver is not signed, this means Windows won't load it.
The solution is this: Open advanced boot options and "disable driver signature enforcement".

However, this has to be done every single time it boots up, is there any way to permanently fix this?
All suggestions welcome (it has enough RAM already btw so no need to download more).

EDIT: note that my mom will be using the said computer, so this should be fixed at once without any trace of it (such as doing it every single time it boots) as my mom isn't that technical.
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Post by Jaker » September 19, 2016, 8:52 pm
[Lsrcr]Robin wrote:
Hey hey,

So yeah, I won't tell the story as it's full of bullshit but I've an issue.
My mom wanted Windows on her Mac (yeah...), so I did.
Now, all Apple drivers have been installed, however the keyboard is completely unresponsive if I do anything.

Now, the issue: the keyboard driver is not signed, this means Windows won't load it.
The solution is this: Open advanced boot options and "disable driver signature enforcement".

However, this has to be done every single time it boots up, is there any way to permanently fix this?
All suggestions welcome (it has enough RAM already btw so no need to download more).

EDIT: note that my mom will be using the said computer, so this should be fixed at once without any trace of it (such as doing it every single time it boots) as my mom isn't that technical.
open cmd as admin
type this out:
bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS (if this command fails, try this one: bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS)
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON

restart the mac

you will get a watermark in the lower right corner now saying "test mode"
to remove it:
Open up Regedit and navigate to the following keys:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates\FEE449EE0E3965A5246F000E87FDE2A065FD89D4]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT\Certificates\2BD63D28D7BCD0E251195AEB519243C13142EBC3]
And delete the pair of them, reboot and lo and behold dodgy testing message has vanished!
restart the mac again

tell me if it worked

Robin

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Post by Robin » September 19, 2016, 8:55 pm
Jaker wrote:
[Lsrcr]Robin wrote:
Hey hey,

So yeah, I won't tell the story as it's full of bullshit but I've an issue.
My mom wanted Windows on her Mac (yeah...), so I did.
Now, all Apple drivers have been installed, however the keyboard is completely unresponsive if I do anything.

Now, the issue: the keyboard driver is not signed, this means Windows won't load it.
The solution is this: Open advanced boot options and "disable driver signature enforcement".

However, this has to be done every single time it boots up, is there any way to permanently fix this?
All suggestions welcome (it has enough RAM already btw so no need to download more).

EDIT: note that my mom will be using the said computer, so this should be fixed at once without any trace of it (such as doing it every single time it boots) as my mom isn't that technical.
open cmd as admin
type this out:
bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS (if this command fails, try this one: bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS)
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON

restart the mac

you will get a watermark in the lower right corner now saying "test mode"
to remove it:
Open up Regedit and navigate to the following keys:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates\FEE449EE0E3965A5246F000E87FDE2A065FD89D4]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT\Certificates\2BD63D28D7BCD0E251195AEB519243C13142EBC3]
And delete the pair of them, reboot and lo and behold dodgy testing message has vanished!
restart the mac again

tell me if it worked
I'll try this as soon as I can, thanks.
I've just changed settings in such a way now that it won't shutdown in any way, only if performed manual, which my mom never does.
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