How to import Certificate Authority in Windows 7: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:39, 7 October 2020

Open your preferred browser and navigate to: http://help.computerisms.ca
	Scroll down and Click on "The Certificate Warnings Issue"
Under the FAQ section right click on the first link and click on "Save Link As"
	Save the file on your Desktop Note: you can save the file anywhere you wish but this tutorial assumed that you saved it on your Desktop


Required: Before continuing this section please complete How to download Computerisms Certificate Authority Click on the Windows Start menu Search for certmgr.msc and press Enter
	Right click on the Trusted Root Certification Authorities Place your mouse cursor on the All Tasks tab and click on Import
Click on the Next button in the Certificate Import Wizard
	Click on Browse button in the Certificate Import Wizard
Navigate to your Desktop Follow the arrow number 1 and change the drop down menu to "All files" Select the Certificate from Desktop and than click on open
	Click on the Next button in the Certificate Import Wizard
Make sure that the "Place all certificates in the following store" is checked and the "Certificate store" is "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" Click Next and than click on Finished
	On the Security Warning pop up page click Yes to confirm that you are adding the Certificate to your system


Required: Before continuing this section please complete How to download Computerisms Certificate Authority To add the certificate to Firefox, start by opening Firefox Click on the top right menu bar (looks like 3 horizontal lines) Click on Options
	Step 1: Click on Advance in the left menu bar Step 2: Select the Certificates tab in the top menu bar Step 3: Click on View Certificates
Click the Authorities section tab Click the Import button
	Navigate to the Desktop and select the file named Computerisms.Root.Certificate.pem Click on open
Check all the options and click on OK Note that the last option, "Trust this certificate for identifying software makers", is not required. You may leave this unchecked, but the other 2 options are required.

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-*To add the certificate to Firefox, start by opening Firefox
-*Click on the top right menu bar (looks like 3 horizontal lines)
-*Click on Options
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-*Step 1: Click on Advance in the left menu bar
-*Step 2: Select the Certificates tab in the top menu bar
-*Step 3: Click on View Certificates
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-*Click on open
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-*Check all the options and click on OK
-*Note that the last option, "Trust this certificate for identifying software makers", is not required. You may leave this unchecked, but the other 2 options are required.
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