Thread: Windows 8 - USB Drivers Signature Issue

Hello and welcome to the forum.
I've found that for the most part the native Windows 8 drivers seem to work reasonably well in these types of situations so....
Open device manager and right click each problem device indicated in device manager and choose "Uninstall", if you are prompted about uninstalling the drivers answer in the affirmative.
Reboot you machine and allow Windows 8 to automatically detect and install the new hardware and see if that provides relief from the current issue.
Regards
Randy

Many thanks for the prompt reply! (and also for the welcome)
For each of the 7 USB drivers with an exclamation I did the uninstall. I then rebooted, and unfortunatelly gave me the same error.,..

Very strange..

We're going to need some system specs so.... Help Us To Help You. PLEASE READ!!
Take some time and fill out as much detail as possible. Especially with respect to your mainboard manufacturer, model name, model number, Revision number, etc., much of that particular information may be available on or in your motherboard manual documentation.
And any specifics as to the actual problem USB hardware (Renesas/NEC, Etron, etc.,) (USB 2.0, USB 3.0)
Check with the laptop vendor and see what they have in the form of drivers with respect to your System BIOS, Chipset, etc.
If it's an older model they are not likely to have much in the way of anything specific for Windows 8 and installing older third party drivers might cause more harm than good.

With respect to your initial two questions;

1) Has anyone encountered similar issues? What can I do to fix it?
2) Is the a "repair" disk / process for Win8?

1.) No I haven't experienced anything like this and so far I have not installed any third party drivers for any of my USB hardware. Third party Windows 8 drivers seem to be lagging and actually the native Windows8 drivers for my USB 3.0 hardware has it working better in Windows 8 than it ever did in Windows 7.
2.) You have a few different options regarding repair a Windows 8 install. You have the Reset option which pretty much wipes everything and returns it to a more or less factory fresh / first install state and you have the Refresh option which preserves your personal stuff but will require the re-installation of your programs. Both of which can be evoked from PC Settings under the Charms Bar (WinKey + C)
AND
A recovery disk can be created from the Control Panel "Recovery" link. Click "create a recovery disk" then "next" (for USB) or then click the link that says "Create a system repair disc with a CD or DVD instead"

Thank you very much for the help here! -- It is a fairly new Dell Latitude E4300 which I know it works with Windows 8 so it is not the machine, or the native drivers, as it worked once. It must have been something I installed that set the drivers off-- I just can not imagine what it could have been...

As for the recovery disk process:
Unfortunately I did not have a custom recovery image created...
Creating a recovery disk with recimg.exe after I have finished installed all my apps and setting my configurations is a very good best practice to have handy!

I end up re-installing Windows 8 and after installing all the apps, I created one and moved it to a DVD. :-)
THANK YOU for this pointer!!




I end up re-installing Windows 8 and after installing all the apps, created one and moved it to a DVD. --

This was a good learning experience! :-)