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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Add/Delete certificates for local system account

For services applications that are running under the local system account, certificates can be added for that account by running a snap-in for the MMC. When a certificate is added to the registery for the local system, it can then be reached by the service for authentication.

-- Select StartRun and enter mmc.
-- In the console, select FileAdd/Remove Snap-in
-- Select Add, then select Certificates and click Add
-- To manage certificates, select the option Computer Account and click Next
-- Select Local computer and click Finish
-- Click Close, then Okay
-- Expand the tree for Certificates/Trusted root/Certificates
-- The trusted root certificates (accessed as "ROOT" in code) can be managed from here

More information can be found at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680501.aspx

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