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I'm experiencing a certificate issue while connecting two Windows 7 machines together via Remote Desktop. I have installed the certificate, but I'm getting a message that says the cert is not trusted. What can I do about this?

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Where did you get the certificate, what did you use for the CN value of the certificate? Is the CA that signed the certificate trusted by windows? Why do you need this? – Zoredache Aug 26 '11 at 0:09
@Zoredache Windows 7 generates one automatically with some random stuff in it if a DC wasn't available to issue you one. – vcsjones Aug 26 '11 at 0:27
@vcsjones, I know about the automatically generated certificates, but he mentioned he installed one. I was just wondering if he had purchased a certificate from a CA like godaddy.. It is very easy to do, though I can't imagine why someone would pay for one for RDP. – Zoredache Aug 26 '11 at 3:40
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To be honest, if this is a low security environment and you are sure you know the target machine, just click ok/allow it.

If however it is a high security environment and you want certificates to work, make sure that you have imported the certificate in to the correct zone. Try importing again and allow the system to choose the location to import to.

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Better yet, if it's a high security environment get some proper certificate architecture or pay for a certificate. Good luck revoking a self-signed cert you've installed onto all of your clients' trusted root certificate stores... – ta.speot.is Aug 27 '11 at 12:23
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I'm assuming you are using a self signed certificate and you are not part of a domain. If you are part of a domain, and your domain hosts a CA, then the self signed certificate won't do.

If you aren't in a domain, then your server's certificate has to be imported into the client's Trusted Root Certificate Authority.

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Make sure that both computers have passwords, that remote assistance is on and that both machines are in the same local area network. I have tried this before and it works properly.

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