I am trying to automatically-and-silently install a specific printer driver(ghostpdf) and printer to prepare multiple machines for running tests. I use Command line install of printer driver
Sep 24, 2016 Looking at the installed printer list through the Control Panel, Journal Note Writer was not among the installed options. Running the Install Printer function from within Journal did not solve the problem since it always came back and said that the printer was installed.
The c:templib has driver copied for GhostPDF (http://ghostscript.com/GhostPDF.HTML)
The installation shows a message 'Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software'. There are multiple solutions to suppress this warning, all involves a reboot. Is there a way to suppress the 'Windows security warning' and install printer driver using scripts?
Journeyman Geek
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Is there a way to supress the 'Windows security warning' and install printer driver using scripts?
No. The fact that you want to install unsigned drivers legitimately without a prompt is no different to virus writers wanting to install unsigned drivers illegitimately without a prompt.
ta.speot.ista.speot.isfor those of you who want to bypass the security dialog which occurs when installing non-MS-WHQL-signed drivers on Windows 7 64Bit (and Windows 8, 8.1) there was only a single solution for me that worked for scripted, automated, unattended or silent installations: import the certificates prior to install
Follow these steps:
install the software once manually by confirming that the unsigned drivers shall be used
go to %windir%inf and search for the latest OEM??.INF file; open it (notepad) and verify by its contents that this is the driver you wish to install automatically next time
go to %windir%system32catroot{any ID}OEM??.CAT (<- same number as in step 2); right click on this file, select properties, go to 'Digital Signatures' tab, mark the certificate, click on details
on the next window click 'Show Certificate'
on the next window open the 'Details' tab and click 'Save to File...'
collect this/all certificates
deploy these certificates
7a. either in a batch /cmd script using 'certutil.exe -f -addstore 'TrustedPublisher' 'MYFILE.cer' prior to setup
7b. or by Group Policies (computer Policies Windows Security Public Key Policies add your files here )
finally, run your setup just the way you wanted :D
Note:
I was not able to bypass windows driver signature checks on Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise x64 using
Hp Printer Install Windows 7
Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON
Bcdedit.exe /set testsigning ON
Bcdedit.exe /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
Group Policy / Users / Settings / Administrative Templates / System / Drivers / Signature = ignore
Application Compatibility (ApplicationCompatibilityToolkitSetup.exe http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=7352 ) set NoSignatureCheck, Export DB, sdbinst -q pathdbfile.sdb)