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Use PsTools to view certificate installed by System account

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If you want to view certificates installed by System account in an Azure VM, directly remote to the VM cannot view the certificates as you are login in as a remote account. I just found an easy way to accomplish this purpose by using PsTools.

  1. Download PsTools from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx.
  2. Copy the bits to the VM.
  3. Run command "psexec -i -s mmc" to view the wanted certificates.

PsTools is also a convenient way to let you run your program as System account. Just run "psexec -i -s cmd.exe", and do anything as System account in the popup command line.