Creating Certificates Console as a MMC Snap-In

This section provides a tutorial example on how to create certificates console as MMC (Microsoft Management Console) snap-in on a Windows XP system.

Here is what I did to create MMC (Microsoft Management Console) snap-in to manage certificate stores on my Windows XP system.

1. Run "mmc.exe" from a command line window. A blank Console window shows up.

2. Click "Add/Remove Snap-in" from the "File" menu. The "Add/Remove Snap-in" dialog box shows up.

3. Click the "Add" button. A list of "Available standalone snap-ins" shows up.

4. Select "Certificates" and click "Add". The "Certificates snap-in" options dialog box shows up.

5. Select "Computer account" and click "Next". The "Select Computer" dialog box shows up.

6. Select "Local computer" and click "Finish". The "Certificates" snap-in is added.

7. Close the "Available standalone snap-ins" list dialog box.

8. Click "OK" on the "Add/Remove Snap-in" dialog box to accept the new snap-in.

9. Click "Save" from the "File" menu. The "Save As" dialog box shows up.

10. Enter "MyCertificatesConsole.msc" as the file name and click "Save".

Congratulations, a new MMC snap-in called, MyCertificatesConsole.msc, has been created under "All Programs" > "Administrative Tools" > MyCertificatesConsole.msc.

The picture below shows you some dialog boxes used in this tutorial:
Creating MMC Certificates Console

Last update: 2011.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 Using HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer) 10

 Using HTTPS with Chrome 40

 Using HTTPS with Firefox 35

 Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

Certificate Stores and Certificate Console

 Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

Creating Certificates Console as a MMC Snap-In

 Exporting a List of Root CA Certificates

 Viewing Certificate Properties and Purposes

 Exporting a Root CA Certificate to a File

 Deleting a Root CA Certificate

 Importing a Root CA Certificate from a File

 Dispabling a Root CA Certificate

 .NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

 PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

 Digital Signature - Microsoft Word 2007

 Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

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