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Driver compatibility settings

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Registry

HKLM System\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\Compatibility

Value name: DisableDriverShims

Enabled: DisableDriverShims = 0

Disabled: DisableDriverShims = 1

Description

Changes behavior of 3rd-party drivers to work around incompatibilities introduced between OS versions.