Outlook Express

These instructions will walk you through exporting your certificate out of one computer so that you can also use it in another location. Don't ever request multiple certificates for the same email address; you end up with multiple private keys and life gets really evil.

Exporting Your Certificate for Travel

Open Outlook Express.
Go to Tools->Options
Click on the Security Tab.
Click on "Digital IDs".
Select your certificate that you wish to export and click export.
Click Next to pass the intro page.
Choose "Yes, export the private key" and click Next.
The default is "Personal Information Exchange - PKCS #12".
Leave it selected and make sure that "Enable strong protection" and "Include all certificates in the certification path" are checked.
Click Next.
Now they want a password to protect this file you are creating, I always just use the same password I used for my certificate; I don't forget that one.
Enter your password twice (don't ever paste it) and click Next.

Name your file. If you like most of the people on the planet and regularly loose files in that big blob of hard drive on your computer, click browse and select a folder you can find, like My Documents or the Desktop. Name your file. It should automatically have a .pfx extension.
Click Next.
Confirm that everything is right and click Finish.

You will now be prompted by Windows for your secret password to allow the export. Enter it and *poof* you now can place that file on a disk and take it safely to your new location. In theory, you could email it to yourself, but since you don't have your certificate loaded at the other location yet, you wouldn't be able to read the email without loading the file from the email...ouch...my head hurts. Just use a disk.

Importing Your Certificate at the New Location

Detailed instructions coming soon...just go to the Securty Tab and click Import, you'll figure it out from there. :)

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