How to Fix “The Driver Being Installed Is Not Validated For This Computer” Error in Windows 10

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When you are attempting to install the Intel graphics driver update for Windows 10, chances are that you have seen an error that reads, “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.”

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This error generally occurs when you try to install an update for system display adapter graphics driver generally on devices with an integrated Intel graphics card.

In this article, we are going to show you how to fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10. So follow the steps below

How to fix “The Driver Being Installed Is Not Validated for This Computer.” Error in Windows 10

Step 1: Go to Intel’s download page for graphics drivers and select the latest version applicable on your OS.

Step 2: In the downloads page, download the zip file version which has “.zip” at the end of it.
Step 3: Download and extract the file on your computer.
Step 4: In the Windows search bar type, ‘Device Manager’ and press enter.

The driver being installed is not validated for this computer

Step 5: Navigate to ‘Display adapters’ and right-click on it, select ‘Properties’.

fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10

Step 6: Go to ‘Driver’ tab and click on ‘Update Driver’.

fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10

Step 7: Select ‘Browse my computer for driver software’.

fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10

Step 8: Click on, ‘Let me pick from a list of available drivers.’
Step 9: You will see an option of ‘Have Disk’ in the bottom right, click on that and go to the folder that you have extracted the zip file containing the drivers.

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fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10

Step 10: Now go to ‘Graphics’ folder and select, “igdlhy64.inf”, and press Open. Now click on OK.

fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10
fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10

Step 11: Select your Intel graphics driver from the list of compatible hardware, click on Next.

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That is it and the Windows will install the new driver. After successful installation, restart your computer.

So that is how you fix “The driver being installed is not validated for this computer.” Error in Windows 10. Do follow this method and let us know in the comments.

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Are you facing any problems and issues with Windows 10? Then there is nothing to worry about, we have an article dedicated to Windows 10’s issues and guides, visit Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide. I hope you would like this content if you have some more suggestions let us know in the comment section.

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