How to Install Driver with a cat file?

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I have kernel driver. When installing on 32 bit systems and Windows XP and below, I had no problem and used SetupCopyOEMInf, but 64 bit drivers are required to be signed. I have signed it and I need to have a cat file with the driver copied somewhere on the computer, and this method of install doesn't work. How should I install it?

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score 58 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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In Windows Vista and Windows 7 there a new utility for handling drivers setup call PnPUtil. It handles exactly this kind of work. Just copy all your driver relevant files(*.inf, *.cat, *.sys) to a directory on the target computer and use PnPUtil -i -a <InfName>.inf

Note: You will need to be in an administrator context to successfully use this tool.

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answered Apr 12 '11 at 07:28

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Just so it is clear, I received an error stating the INF passed in was invalid until I ran the CMD as an Administrator, so do not expect some kind of access denied error. – hvaughan3 May 03 '18 at 14:14

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 11 '17 at 00:15

You need to get an Authenticode signature, create a catalog file, and sign it with that. Microsoft decided that, for 64-bit systems, it will require the driver to come untampered from the vendor, by checking it signature.

(Note: This is not the same as WHQL, which tests the quality of the driver. Authenticode merely indicates that the driver hasn't been tampered with by some malicious user or virus; it doesn't say anything about what the driver does, so it's a relatively easy -- although pricey -- signature to obtain.)

Another solution is test-signing, if you don't plan on redistributing your program. https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd919230.aspx

How to Install Driver with a cat file?

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Note: You will need to be in an administrator context to successfully use this tool.

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