{"id":10208,"date":"2017-10-10T08:44:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T08:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=10208"},"modified":"2017-10-10T08:44:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T08:44:47","slug":"find-unsigned-drivers-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/find-unsigned-drivers-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Unsigned Drivers in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Device drivers are critical system files that include a digital signature. When a signed driver has been tampered with or corrupted, the signature becomes invalid and the driver is then unsigned. Unsigned drivers can cause system instability. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to quickly find unsigned drivers in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Find Unsigned Drivers in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog box. Type <strong>sigverif<\/strong> and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sigverif.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10209\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the File Signature Verification utility opens, click <strong>Start<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/file-signature-verification.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10210\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will scan your entire system for unsigned drivers.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/scan-device-drivers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10211\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>After the scan completes, it will display a list of any unsigned drivers you have installed on your computer.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/find-unsigned-drivers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10212\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While unsigned drivers don&#8217;t necessarily have to be problematic or malicious, it makes sense to check the system for those so you can uninstall them or find a updated signed driver.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Device drivers are critical system files that include a digital signature. When a signed driver has been tampered with or corrupted, the signature becomes invalid and the driver is then unsigned. Unsigned drivers can cause system instability. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to quickly find unsigned drivers in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1894,3,39],"tags":[3555],"class_list":["post-10208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-find-unsigned-drivers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10213,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10208\/revisions\/10213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}