How to Ensure Your Vista Drivers Are Signed

If your computer behaves strange, but all your hardware is brand new, shiny, and proves to be in perfect condition, next thing to check is that you have the proper drivers installed. In some cases, unsigned drivers can cause problems, despite the fact that, usually, they should work well too.

I won't get into the drivers signing issue, because there are a lot of things to discuss, and most of all, that wouldn't help my purpose at all. What I want to show you today is how to check and see if you have any unsigned drivers in Vista, so here we go...

- Press the Start Orb and type "verify" in the search box to locate the Driver Verifier Manager, and click on the highlighted item to start the tool.


- In the window that appears, choose the first option, if you're not absolutely sure that you need to select something else, then press Next.


- Be sure to have Automatically select unsigned drivers checked, and press the Next button.


- If you have unsigned drivers in your system, they will be displayed, but if everything is all right, you'll get the message you can see below, as I did...


These being said, I remind you that if you have unsigned drivers installed, but everything runs smoothly, you shouldn't worry, but be sure to check that you always have the latest drivers installed. Good luck!