To renew a root certification authority
- Log on to the system as an Administrator.
- Open Certification Authority.
- In the console tree, click the name of the certification authority (CA).
- Certification Authority (computer)
- CA name
- On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and click Renew CA Certificate.
- 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.