Hello,
I tried the whole day just to import a cetrificate in winXP, but I allways failed.
I did following:
Create the certificate with private key (no pasword):
makecert -sr LocalMachine -ss My -pe -sky exchange -n "CN=TestCert" -a sha1 -sv TestCert.pvk TestCert.cer
Then put certificate and private key together into pfx file:
pvk2pfx.exe -pvk TestCert.pvk -spc TestCert.cer -pfx TestCert.pfx
Import pfx file with commandline tool (German System):
winhttpcertcfg.exe -i TestCert.pfx -a NT-AUTORITÄT\NETZWERKDIENST -c LOCAL_MACHINE\My
Error: Unable to import contents of PFX file.
Please make sure the filename and path,
as well as the password, are correct.
Hint: "NT-AUTORITÄT\NETZWERKDIENST" -- "NT-AUTHORITY\NETWORKSERVICE"
Filename is ok, password was not set. Even if I set the password (e.g. "MyPassword") in Step 1 and type at the end of step 3:
... -p MyPassword
I got the same error.
Then I tried to import in the certificate console (mmc with certificate snap-in). There i got following error:
"Der private Schlüssel, den Sie importieren, erfordert möglicherweise einen Dienstanbieter, der nicht installiert ist."
-- "The imported private key may requires a service-supplier which is not installed".
But the Microsoft Crypto-Service is up and running.
What else can I do?
On Windows Vista and Windows 7 I got this running without these problems.
I need this Certificate to run a WCF Service.
Thanks in advance for any hint.
Regards,
Gunther
