To renew a root certification authority

1. Log on to the system as an Administrator.
2. Open Certification Authority.
3. In the console tree, click the name of the certification authority (CA).
   • Certification Authority (computer)
   • CA name
4. On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and click Renew CA Certificate.
5. Do one of the following:
   • Click Yes if you want to generate a new public and private key pair for the certification authority's certificate.
   • Click No if you want to reuse the current public and private key pair for the certification authority's certificate.

Note

• To open Certification Authority, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Certification Authority.