Lauralrk wrote:
>> Running IE7 in WinXP, I'm taken to a different but related page that
>> says...
>>
>> <QP>
>> There is a problem with this website's security certificate.
>> The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a
>> trusted certificate authority.
>> Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or
>> intercept any data you send to the server.
>> <snip>
>> </QP>
>
> That's what I should be seeing, but I don't. All I get is the error
> message
> that IE can't display the webpage. Is the self-signed certificate the
> reason why IE won't show me the webpage, and if so, how can I get it to
> show it to me?
>
> I don't know if I have the Root certificates update installed. How could
> I
> find it to install it?
> As for Windows updates, the ones that are labelled "important" are
> automatically installed. The ones labelled "optional" or "recommended"
> haven't been installed. Some of those are updates for Windows Vista, but
> none described as updates for internet explorer haven't been installed.
> If
> I installed the "recommended" updates for Windows Vista would it maybe fix
> the problem?
> I don't have anti-virus software running. Windows Defender is running.
> The
> firewall is on. I tried adding the SSL port to the firewall, that didn't
> do
> it. I tried taking the firewall down and I wasn't able to load the page.
> The firewall is what came with Windows Vista.

No anti-virus? Then all bets are off. Good luck.

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