Recover a certificate

[Guest Gunna]

Hey got a question regarding cert recovery. I had a user issue themselves a

Code Signing cert via the Web interface. Everything was fine until he got a

new PC. He tried to export the cetificate from the old PC but it doesnt

happen, i believe it was not marked as exportable when generated.

 

I have te certificate in my Certificate Services MMC in the Issued

Certificates list. Is there a way I can get it from there for him?

[Guest Gunna]

I thought that. The person in question has a nubmer of excel 2007

spreadhseets with macros which he signed with a code signing cert from our

PKI so the code would be accepted by other users. He changes PC's and now

when making a change to the vb code on one of these spreadsheets he has

problems. Here is what he tells me:

 

"I have just changed computers and now I am not recognised as the

certificate “ownerâ€Â. When I make a modification to one of my existing tools,

upon saving the changes, the original certificate is removed"

 

Is this occuring becuase its trying to resign the alterned document but the

certificate is no longer on his PC so it gives him the problems he is

writting about?

 

"Brian Komar (MVP)" wrote:

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> Not a code signing certificate. Key Recovery is only for encryption

> certificates, not signing certificates.

> You would have to issue them a new Code SIgning certificate.

> Just do not revoke the old Code Signing certificate.

> Brian

>

> "Gunna" <Gunna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:6B4819DE-F4AC-4E9C-8C55-016DB87F76E3@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green">

> > Hey got a question regarding cert recovery. I had a user issue themselves

> > a

> > Code Signing cert via the Web interface. Everything was fine until he got

> > a

> > new PC. He tried to export the cetificate from the old PC but it doesnt

> > happen, i believe it was not marked as exportable when generated.

> >

> > I have te certificate in my Certificate Services MMC in the Issued

> > Certificates list. Is there a way I can get it from there for him? </span>

> </span>