Installing Personal Certificate with Internet Options

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∟Installing Personal Certificate with Internet Options

This section provides a tutorial example on how to install my personal certificate with its private-public key pair from a PKCS12 file to Windows system using 'Internet Options'.

Finally, I can install my personal certificate into the "Personal" certificate store on my Windows system so that OpenOffice.org 3 can use it.

1. Click "Start > Control Panel > Internet Options". The "Internet Properties" dialog box shows up.

2. Click "Content" tab, then "Certificate" button. The "Certificates" dialog box shows up.

3. Click "Personal" tab, then "Import" button. The "Certificates Import Wizard" shows up.

4. Click "Next" button, the "Browse" button. The "Open" dialog box shows up.

5. Find and select the PKCS12 file, "personal.p12".

6. Click "Next" button and enter the password of the PKCS12 file, "HerongP12",

7. Click "Next" button. The "Certificate Store" screen shows up.

8. Make sure that "Personal" is selected as the certificate store. Click "Next" button, then "Finish". "CAcert WoT User" shows up in "Personal" certificate store.

9. Double click "CAcert WoT User". More information of the certificate shows up.

This certificate is intended for the following purpose(s):
- Protects e-mail messages
- Proves your identity to a remote computer
- Allows data on disk to be encrypted
- Allows strong encryption for online transactions/communications

Issue to: CAcert WoT User
Issue by: CA Cert Signing Authority

You have a private key that corresponds to this certificate.