IE8 on vista certificates

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Hi My company recently issued a new certificate. however, i was not able to

intall it to my computer, which is on vista. and i'm using IE8.

please help!

Lan
 
Hi,



Your company Help Desk should be able to help out. Perhaps even set up a

remote connection into your (home?) machine.



Regards.



"snuffles" wrote in message

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> Hi My company recently issued a new certificate. however, i was not able

> to

> intall it to my computer, which is on vista. and i'm using IE8.

> please help!

> Lan

>
 
I tried going through my company help desk. Unfortuantely they are still on

XP and IE7 and did not run into any problem.



I have tried to install all the update that window asked me. Strangely,

there isn't one for root certificate. Is there a root certificate update for

Vista?







"rob^_^" wrote:



> Hi,

>

> Your company Help Desk should be able to help out. Perhaps even set up a

> remote connection into your (home?) machine.

>

> Regards.

>

> "snuffles" wrote in message

> news:6AA8F3C1-A483-442C-BFCA-63F2960A1215@microsoft.com...

> > Hi My company recently issued a new certificate. however, i was not able

> > to

> > intall it to my computer, which is on vista. and i'm using IE8.

> > please help!

> > Lan

> >
 
Hi,



Fist, before you do anything else go

Start>Search - Windows Update



and run Windows update to ensure that your machine is Totally up-to-date

(You did not mention your SP level or whether you have an x86 or x64 OS

version)



Now, your company Help Desk does not or cannot support Vista? What about

your Browser version?



A web search found the following link and download from MS

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...0e-ee7e-435e-99f8-20b44d4531b0&displaylang=en

(published 5/25/2009)

We are volunteers here and do not work for or represent Microsoft or your

company. The Advice we provide is AS IS.. and without warranty.



Regards.



"snuffles" wrote in message

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> I tried going through my company help desk. Unfortuantely they are still

> on

> XP and IE7 and did not run into any problem.

>

> I have tried to install all the update that window asked me. Strangely,

> there isn't one for root certificate. Is there a root certificate update

> for

> Vista?

>

>

>

> "rob^_^" wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> Your company Help Desk should be able to help out. Perhaps even set up a

>> remote connection into your (home?) machine.

>>

>> Regards.

>>

>> "snuffles" wrote in message

>> news:6AA8F3C1-A483-442C-BFCA-63F2960A1215@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi My company recently issued a new certificate. however, i was not

>> > able

>> > to

>> > intall it to my computer, which is on vista. and i'm using IE8.

>> > please help!

>> > Lan

>> >
 
"snuffles" wrote in message

news:2EA23512-2DCD-42D8-A756-4CF7C1418ADF@microsoft.com...

>I tried going through my company help desk. Unfortuantely they are still

>on

> XP and IE7 and did not run into any problem.

>

> I have tried to install all the update that window asked me. Strangely,

> there isn't one for root certificate. Is there a root certificate update

> for

> Vista?

>

>



If you are using Vista, odds are that your company's customers are also

using Vista, and therefore the certificate ought to work.



I found a problem with my Vista machine where the only user account on the

machine was an Administrator account, but for whatever reason Vista would

not play the ActiveX add-on for Flash. I went to the User Accounts and set

User Account Control to OFF. The User Account Control is supposed to allow

administrators and standard users have different access to the machine so

that standard users can't make changes that harm the machine or the business

enterprise. Given that simple explanation of the purpose of the UAC, it

stands to reason that the only account is an Administrator account, wo the

machine should do whatever the administrator wants it to do, but it does not

always work out this way.



Try turning the Usaer Account Control OFF, then reboot and see if the

certificate loads. My theory is that the machine is protecting you from

yourself when it should be doing what you want it to do.
 
"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message

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>

> "snuffles" wrote in message

> news:2EA23512-2DCD-42D8-A756-4CF7C1418ADF@microsoft.com...

>>I tried going through my company help desk. Unfortuantely they are still

>>on

>> XP and IE7 and did not run into any problem.

>>

>> I have tried to install all the update that window asked me. Strangely,

>> there isn't one for root certificate. Is there a root certificate update

>> for

>> Vista?

>>

>>

>

> If you are using Vista, odds are that your company's customers are also

> using Vista, and therefore the certificate ought to work.

>

> I found a problem with my Vista machine where the only user account on the

> machine was an Administrator account, but for whatever reason Vista would

> not play the ActiveX add-on for Flash. I went to the User Accounts and set

> User Account Control to OFF. The User Account Control is supposed to allow

> administrators and standard users have different access to the machine so

> that standard users can't make changes that harm the machine or the

> business enterprise. Given that simple explanation of the purpose of the

> UAC, it stands to reason that the only account is an Administrator

> account, wo the machine should do whatever the administrator wants it to

> do, but it does not always work out this way.

>

> Try turning the Usaer Account Control OFF, then reboot and see if the

> certificate loads. My theory is that the machine is protecting you from

> yourself when it should be doing what you want it to do.



UAC adds an extra security layer so that an Administrator account still

requires some interaction from the user to allow certain things to happen,

basically turning an Administrator account into a Standard Account with some

extra options. UAC has little to do with separating Admin accounts from

Standard accounts - it's there to help give an Admin level account the

chance to stop something malicious should it try to modify settings that a

Standard account would not have access to, but also so the Admin account can

allow a process to make those changes if necessary (such as when installing

software or updates) without having to log out and back in as a dedicated

admin user.



For more info on UAC see

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691(WS.10).aspx



While turning it off for testing an issue can help diagnose the cause of a

problem, leaving it turned off is not recommended as it leaves you more

vulnerable to malicious code that does manage to execute on your system.



--

Dan
 
"Dan" wrote in message

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>

> "Jeff Strickland" wrote in message

> news:hnp00o$md3$1@news.eternal-september.org...

>>

>> "snuffles" wrote in message

>> news:2EA23512-2DCD-42D8-A756-4CF7C1418ADF@microsoft.com...

>>>I tried going through my company help desk. Unfortuantely they are still

>>>on

>>> XP and IE7 and did not run into any problem.

>>>

>>> I have tried to install all the update that window asked me. Strangely,

>>> there isn't one for root certificate. Is there a root certificate

>>> update for

>>> Vista?

>>>

>>>

>>

>> If you are using Vista, odds are that your company's customers are also

>> using Vista, and therefore the certificate ought to work.

>>

>> I found a problem with my Vista machine where the only user account on

>> the machine was an Administrator account, but for whatever reason Vista

>> would not play the ActiveX add-on for Flash. I went to the User Accounts

>> and set User Account Control to OFF. The User Account Control is supposed

>> to allow administrators and standard users have different access to the

>> machine so that standard users can't make changes that harm the machine

>> or the business enterprise. Given that simple explanation of the purpose

>> of the UAC, it stands to reason that the only account is an Administrator

>> account, wo the machine should do whatever the administrator wants it to

>> do, but it does not always work out this way.

>>

>> Try turning the Usaer Account Control OFF, then reboot and see if the

>> certificate loads. My theory is that the machine is protecting you from

>> yourself when it should be doing what you want it to do.

>

> UAC adds an extra security layer so that an Administrator account still

> requires some interaction from the user to allow certain things to happen,

> basically turning an Administrator account into a Standard Account with

> some extra options. UAC has little to do with separating Admin accounts

> from Standard accounts - it's there to help give an Admin level account

> the chance to stop something malicious should it try to modify settings

> that a Standard account would not have access to, but also so the Admin

> account can allow a process to make those changes if necessary (such as

> when installing software or updates) without having to log out and back in

> as a dedicated admin user.

>

> For more info on UAC see

> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691(WS.10).aspx

>

> While turning it off for testing an issue can help diagnose the cause of a

> problem, leaving it turned off is not recommended as it leaves you more

> vulnerable to malicious code that does manage to execute on your system.

>

> --

> Dan



I understand what you say, but the link does not help.



My problem is, I have only one account, and it's by definition an

Administrator account, yet some processes that an administrator should be

able to do are not allowed, as if thhe sole account is being treated as a

Standard account.



I get what the accounts are SUPPOSED to be able to do, my issue is that the

Administrator account is not allowed to do it, and turning the UAC off

resolved the problem.



I'd be willing to turn the UAC back on, but if the Administrator can't view

Flash content as a result, I'm not gonna do it.
 
"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message

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>

> "Dan" wrote in message

> news:7E6060C1-2811-4AE4-A792-63E5B813F25F@microsoft.com...

>>

>> "Jeff Strickland" wrote in message

>> news:hnp00o$md3$1@news.eternal-september.org...

>>>

>>> "snuffles" wrote in message

>>> news:2EA23512-2DCD-42D8-A756-4CF7C1418ADF@microsoft.com...

>>>>I tried going through my company help desk. Unfortuantely they are

>>>>still on

>>>> XP and IE7 and did not run into any problem.

>>>>

>>>> I have tried to install all the update that window asked me.

>>>> Strangely,

>>>> there isn't one for root certificate. Is there a root certificate

>>>> update for

>>>> Vista?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>> If you are using Vista, odds are that your company's customers are also

>>> using Vista, and therefore the certificate ought to work.

>>>

>>> I found a problem with my Vista machine where the only user account on

>>> the machine was an Administrator account, but for whatever reason Vista

>>> would not play the ActiveX add-on for Flash. I went to the User Accounts

>>> and set User Account Control to OFF. The User Account Control is

>>> supposed to allow administrators and standard users have different

>>> access to the machine so that standard users can't make changes that

>>> harm the machine or the business enterprise. Given that simple

>>> explanation of the purpose of the UAC, it stands to reason that the only

>>> account is an Administrator account, wo the machine should do whatever

>>> the administrator wants it to do, but it does not always work out this

>>> way.

>>>

>>> Try turning the Usaer Account Control OFF, then reboot and see if the

>>> certificate loads. My theory is that the machine is protecting you from

>>> yourself when it should be doing what you want it to do.

>>

>> UAC adds an extra security layer so that an Administrator account still

>> requires some interaction from the user to allow certain things to

>> happen, basically turning an Administrator account into a Standard

>> Account with some extra options. UAC has little to do with separating

>> Admin accounts from Standard accounts - it's there to help give an Admin

>> level account the chance to stop something malicious should it try to

>> modify settings that a Standard account would not have access to, but

>> also so the Admin account can allow a process to make those changes if

>> necessary (such as when installing software or updates) without having to

>> log out and back in as a dedicated admin user.

>>

>> For more info on UAC see

>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691(WS.10).aspx

>>

>> While turning it off for testing an issue can help diagnose the cause of

>> a problem, leaving it turned off is not recommended as it leaves you more

>> vulnerable to malicious code that does manage to execute on your system.

>>

>> --

>> Dan

>

> I understand what you say, but the link does not help.

>

> My problem is, I have only one account, and it's by definition an

> Administrator account, yet some processes that an administrator should be

> able to do are not allowed, as if thhe sole account is being treated as a

> Standard account.

>

> I get what the accounts are SUPPOSED to be able to do, my issue is that

> the Administrator account is not allowed to do it, and turning the UAC off

> resolved the problem.

>

> I'd be willing to turn the UAC back on, but if the Administrator can't

> view Flash content as a result, I'm not gonna do it.



If you Google for Vista UAC Flash you'll find instructions on how to get

Flash working with UAC, for instance:



http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/...AC-strikes-again-_2D00_-flash-fix-for-IE.aspx



Leaving UAC turned off is not a good idea.



--

Dan
 
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