Areca FAQ

The Areca Vista WHQL driver is on its submission process. The testing mode on Vista 64 does not require a manual override to load unsigned drivers at every bootup. ******************************************************* Test-signed kernel-mode software cannot be loaded on a default Windows Vista system. The test-signing boot configuration option must be manually enabled before the kernel can verify test-signed drivers. To use the BCDEdit tool to enable the boot configuration test-signing option 1. Launch an elevated command window by right-clicking the icon and clicking Run as Administrator. 2. Use the following command to enable test signing: bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON Bcdedit Arguments: /set Set a boot entry option value. TESTSIGNING ON Set the TESTSIGNING option to ON. Note: BCDEdit is the new boot configuration editor and is included with Windows Vista and later versions of Windows. For more information on BCDEdit, see the white paper titled Boot Configuration Data in Windows Vista. When the BCDedit option for test-signing is enabled, Windows Vista does the following: Displays a watermark with the text