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I am trying to write an installer for an application that includes the installation of libusb-win32 on Windows 8.

I have encountered the fact that Windows 8 requires driver packages to have a CAT file but I don't have a digital Certificate.

The option to disable the digital signature checking on Windows 8 or using Zadig are not useful in my case.

So, is it possible to use libusb-win32 on Windows 8 without a digital certificate?

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    You can easily purchase a code signing certificate for signing a driver and a CAT file. – Eugene Mayevski 'Callback Apr 15 '14 at 18:22
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    My question was about if it is possible to do it without purchasing a certificate – Cristina Apr 16 '14 at 07:30
  • possible duplicate of [In Windows 8, will third-party INF driver files require a signature?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10760513/in-windows-8-will-third-party-inf-driver-files-require-a-signature) – petert May 30 '14 at 09:00

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Starting in Windows 8 drivers need to be signed - see duplicate post: In Windows 8, will third-party INF driver files require a signature?.

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You can check this link to disable the driver signature enforcement. After disabling it, the un-signed libusb-win32 driver can be installed. I tried and it worked for me on a Windows 8.1 X64 box.

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