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Too many pop ups when installing my drivers on Windows 7

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I am setting up a new build machine for my company's software. We have 7 drivers and previously on Windows 7 it would pop up once with do you trust the company and if you clicked "always trust" and clicked yes it would install all 7 without any more pop ups. The new build from the new build machine it pops up and asks you separately for all 7 drivers even if you click "always trust." These pop ups are very annoying and we would really like to get it back down to a single pop up as to not annoy our customers. The old build machine has a Symantec code signing certificate that is due to expire. I bought a new Sectigo code signing certificate for the build machine that is being used to sign the 7 drivers that are causing the pop ups. Any idea what might have changed or what I could do to get it back down to a single pop up? I have been researching and thought that maybe I needed to do WHQL signing but I can't seem to find a way to download Windows HCK even though I followed Microsoft links that were supposed to take me to the HCK download page. Also the Windows 7 drivers from the old build weren't WHQL signed so I am not sure why that would be necessary now. Any thoughts? Thanks
Friday, October 18, 2019 5:38 PM
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I would ask for assistance here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware
Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)
- Proposed as answer by pituachMVP Saturday, October 19, 2019 7:18 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP, Banned Friday, October 25, 2019 2:12 PM
Friday, October 18, 2019 5:47 PM -
Something here may help though I'm not sure about older versions.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/
Might try asking for help over here.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/WINDOWS/en-US/home?forum=windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/WINDOWS/en-US/home?forum=wdk
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.- Proposed as answer by pituachMVP Saturday, October 19, 2019 7:18 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP, Banned Friday, October 25, 2019 2:12 PM
Friday, October 18, 2019 6:41 PM
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Something here may help though I'm not sure about older versions.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/
Might try asking for help over here.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/WINDOWS/en-US/home?forum=windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/WINDOWS/en-US/home?forum=wdk
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.- Proposed as answer by pituachMVP Saturday, October 19, 2019 7:18 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP, Banned Friday, October 25, 2019 2:12 PM
Friday, October 18, 2019 6:41 PM