Install the certificate of the enterprise root CA as a trusted root CA certificate

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To install the certificate of the enterprise root CA as a trusted root CA certificate

Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
In the console tree, double-click Active Directory Users and Computers, right-click the domain name in which your CA lives, and then click Properties.
On the Group Policy tab, click Default Domain Policy, and then click Edit.
In the console tree, right-click Trusted Root Certification Authorities, point to All Tasks, and then click Import.

Where?
- Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Public Key Policies/Trusted Root Certification Authorities
The Certificate Manager Import wizard appears.
Click Next, and follow the instructions in the wizard to import the .crt file of the CA (located in the systemroot\System32\CertSrv\CertEnroll folder) into the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.
Type the following at the command prompt:

gpupdate /Target:{Computer | User} /Force

Notes

To open Active Directory Users and Computers, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Active Directory Users and Computers.
To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command prompt.

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