Windows 10: Enable and Disable Driver Verifier in Windows 10

How to: Enable and Disable Driver Verifier in Windows 10

Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable in Windows 10

Driver Verifier is a diagnostic tool built into Windows 10, it is designed to verify both native Microsoft drivers and third party drivers. Driver Verifier's verification process involves putting heavy stress on drivers with the intention of making bad, outdated, incompatible or misbehaving drivers fail. The required result is a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) which will generate a crash dump for debugging purposes.

For more details about Driver Verifier, see:

• Driver Verifier | Microsoft Docs
• Driver Verifier Command Syntax | Microsoft Docs

Note Machines exposed to Driver Verifier will run very sluggishly due to the stress being applied to the drivers.



Warning It is not advised to run Driver Verifier for more than 48 hours at a time. Disable Driver Verifier after 48 hours or after receiving a BSOD, whichever happens soonest.

Always create a Restore Point prior to enabling Driver Verifier.





INTRODUCTION [/i] List of Contents
Part One: Run Driver Verifier
Part Two: Configure Driver Verifier Settings and Enable
Part Three: Disable Driver Verifier



PART ONE [/i] Run Driver Verifier
Select from one of the options below to run Driver Verifier.

• Option One: Run Driver Verifier by Searching Start Menu
• Option Two: Run Driver Verifier via Command Prompt
• Option Three: Run Driver Verifier from Task Manager

OPTION 1 [/i] Run Driver Verifier by Searching Start Menu
1: Click on the Start *Start button and type Verifier into the Search box, then click on the Verifier tile.






OPTION 2 [/i] Run Driver Verifier via Command Prompt
1: Open a Command Prompt, type in Verifier then hit enter. You'll receive an 'Operation completed successfully' message and the Verifier window will open.






OPTION 3 [/i] Run Driver Verifier from Task Manager
1: Open Task Manager with more details.

2: Click on File in the menu bar then click on Run new task



3: Type Verifier and hit OK.







PART TWO [/i] Configure Driver Verifier Settings and Enable
1: Click on Create custom settings (for code developers) then click Next



2: Check the following options:

• I/O Verification
  
• Force pending I/O requests
  
• IRP logging

Click Next


3: Choose Select driver names from a list then click Next.



4: Click on the Provider header to sort providers alphabetically, then select all non-Microsoft Corporation drivers. Click Finish.



5: You will be prompted to restart the PC, click OK then reboot. Upon reboot Driver Verifier will be enabled.




Note There is no visible indication that Driver Verifier is running once you've rebooted, it runs in the background stressing drivers.



PART THREE [/i] Disable Driver Verifier
Option One: Disable Driver Verifier through Verifier Manager
Option Two: Disable Driver Verifier through Windows Recovery



OPTION ONE [/i] Disable Driver Verifier through Verifier Manager
1: Run Driver Verifier

2: Choose Delete existing settings then click Finish.






OPTION TWO [/i] Disable Driver Verifier through Windows Recovery


Note Upon receiving a Driver Verifier forced BSOD Windows may fail to boot. In this scenario you'll be taken to the Recovery options which offer multiple ways to get Windows 10 booting again. The relevant options are outlined below.


1: Click on See advanced repair options.



2: Click Troubleshoot



3: Click on Advanced options



4: Choose one of the following options:

• Option One: Disable Driver Verifier via Command Prompt
• Option Two: Disable Driver Verifier via System Restore
• Option Three: Disable Driver Verifier via Start-up Settings

OPTION ONE [/i] Disable Driver Verifier via Command Prompt

1: Click on Command prompt




2: Choose an account to continue



3: Enter your Microsoft password



4: At the Command Prompt type the command below you want to use and hit enter. Reboot the PC for the changes to take effect.
*Arrow verifier /reset

OR

*Arrow verifier /bootmode resetonbootfail







OPTION TWO [/i] Disable Driver Verifier via System Restore

1: Click on System Restore



2: Choose the Restore Point to restore to, then click Next



3: Click Finish to confirm the Restore Point



4: Click Yes to continue



5: Choose This device belongs to me if the PC in question is a personal computer



6: Sign in to your Microsoft account






OPTION THREE [/i] Disable Driver Verifier via Start-up Settings

1: Click on Start-up Settings



2: Click on Restart



3: Press 7 to Disable driver signature enforcement




That's it,
Gav.


Related Tutorials

• How to Verify if System Files and Drivers are Digitally Signed in Windows
• How to Configure Early Launch Antimalware Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy in Windows 8 and 10
• How to Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 10

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Hi DocSams,

Could you upload the memory dump, C:\Windows\MEMORY.dmp, to onedrive and post a share link. The minidumps provided severely lack in data.

If you haven't yet, please disable driver verifier.
Resetting driver verifier options (recommended in this order)

1. In normal mode open an administrator command prompt and enter the below command
2. In safe mode open an administrator command prompt and enter the below command
3. On 3 boot failures, you'll boot automatically to the recovery options,
   • click Troubleshoot
   • go to the advanced options
   • choose command prompt
   • enter the below command
4. Boot with the recovery media, see above 4 steps in option 3.
5. Via the recovery options or recovery media, select a restore point prior enabling driver verifier

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Have you tried a clean boot and safe mode as I suggested?

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You also need to enable Test mode before installation of the driver.

Enable Test mode:

Step 1. Open the Windows command promt as "Run as Administrator".

Step 2. Run "bcdedit -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS" (without the "").

Step 3. To finalize the process run "bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON" (without the "").

Step 4. Reboot and you're done.

To disable it do step 1 and run these commands on step 2 and 3:

Step 2. "bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS" (without the "")

Step 3. "bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF" (without the "")

Then do step 4 and you're done.

Then you can continue to installation of the driver.

I hope I helped you, if any questions, ask here I'll try to answer you if I'll be able.