Renew a root certification authority

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

To renew a root certification authority

Log on to the system as a Certification Authority Administrator.
Open Certification Authority.
In the console tree, click the name of the certification authority (CA).

Where?
- Certification Authority (Computer)/CA name
On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and click Renew CA Certificate.
Do one of the following:
- If you want to generate a new public and private key pair for the certification authority's certificate, click Yes.
- If you want to reuse the current public and private key pair for the certification authority's certificate, click No.

Note

To open Certification Authority, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Certification Authority.

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