User's Manual

1. In the Start menu, click Run.
2. Enter MMC.
3. Click OK to open The Microsoft Management Console.
4. Click File.
5. Click Add/Remove Snap-in.
6. Click Add to open the Add Standalone Snap-in page.
7. Click Certificates.
8. Click Add.
9. Click Computer account.
10. Click Next.
11. Click Finish.
12. Click Close.
13. Click OK.
14. In the console, click Certificates (Local Computer).
15. Click Trusted Root Certificate Authorities.
16. Click Certificates.
17. Verify that the CA you just installed is listed.
18. Click File.
19. Click Exit to close the console.
Obtain a certificate from a Microsoft Windows 2000 CA:
1. Start Internet Explorer and browse to the Certificate Authority HTTP Service
(use an URL such as http://yourdomainserver.yourdomain/certsrv with
certsrv being the command that brings you to the certificate authority. You
can also use the IP address of the server machine. For example,
"192.0.2.12/certsrv."
2. Logon to the CA with the name and password of the user account you
created on the authentication server. The name and password do not have
to be the same as the Windows log on name and password of the current
user.
3. On the Welcome page of the CA, select Request a certificate task and
submit the form.
4. Choose Request Type: Select Advanced request.
5. Click Next.
6. Advanced Certificate Requests: Select Submit a certificate request to
this CA using a form.
7. Click Submit.
8. Advanced Certificate Request: Select User certificate template.
9. Click Mark keys as exportable.
10. Click Next. Use the provided defaults.
11. Certificate Issued: Click Install this certificate.