Installing a certificate signed by a Windows 2000 certificate authority onto a Windows client

If you have requested a certificate signed by a Windows 2000 certificate authority, you must then install it on your Windows client.

Steps

1. After receiving notification from the Windows 2000 certificate authority that your certificate has been issued, navigate to the Windows 2000 certificate authority in your web browser.

   The URL is http://host/certsrv

   Here, host is the IP address or fully-qualified host name of the Windows 2000 server hosting the certification authority.

2. Choose Check on a pending certificate and click Next.
3. Choose your certificate and click Next.
4. Click the link to install the certificate automatically.
5. Start the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). To do this, from the Start menu, choose Run. Then enter mmc.
6. If you have not done so already, add the Certificates - Current User snap-in to the MMC. To do this, from the File menu, choose Add/Remove Snap-in. Then click Add, select Certificates, and click Add. Then select My User Account, and click Finish.
7. If you have not done so already, add the Certificates (Local Computer) snap-in to the MMC. To do this, from the File menu, choose Add/Remove Snap-in. Then click Add, select Certificates, and click Add. Then select My User Account, and click Finish.
8. Export the certificate from the Certificates - Current User store.

   In the MMC, right-click the certificate, which is in the Personal/Certificates folder of the Certificates - Current User store, and then select Export from the All Tasks menu. Then use the Certificate Export wizard to export the certificate, including its private key, into a file.

9. Import the certificate into the Certificates (Local Computer) store.

   In the MMC, right-click the Certificates folder in the Certificates (Local Computer) store, and then select Import from the All Tasks menu. Then use the Certificate Import wizard to import the certificate.

   Note: Although the MMC allows you to copy a certificate from one store to another, the installation will not succeed unless you export the certificate from the first store and import the certificate into the second store.