Reminder: support for root certificates with kernel mode signing capabilities ends next year

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Reminder: support for root certificates with kernel mode signing capabilities ends next year​

by Martin Brinkmann on November 30, 2020 in Hardware, Windows - Last Update: November 30, 2020 - No comments
Microsoft will remove support for root certificates with kernel mode signing capabilities in the Microsoft Trusted Root Program in the first half of 2021.
The change affects devices running Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system only, and drivers that have expired as part of the change won't load, run or install anymore on Windows 10 devices.
HOW DO PRODUCTION SIGNING OPTIONS DIFFER BY WINDOWS VERSION?
Driver runs onDrivers signed before July 1 2021 byDriver signed on or after July 1 2021 by
Windows Server 2008 and later, Windows 7, Windows 8WHQL or cross-signed driversWHQL or drivers cross-signed before July 1 2021
Windows 10WHQL or attestedWHQL or attested
Microsoft published a list of expiration dates for trusted cross-certificates; all listed trusted cross-certificates will expire either in February 2021 or April 2021.
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