The secure bindings for an IIS 6.0 Web site are removed when you install or renew a server certificate (896284)

WORKAROUND

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1. Save the following Windows Script Host (WSH) code example as Cert_install.vbs. The following table describes the placeholders that are used in this code:

   Placeholder	Replace with
   FilePath	The path of the certificate on your hard disk drive
   Password	The password for the certificate file
   AdminPassword	The password for the Administrator account
   ServerName	The name of the IIS server2
   MetabaseNode	The path for the Web site node in the metabase

   pfxfile = "FilePath"
   pfxfilepassword = "Password"
   set iiscertobj = CreateObject("IIS.CertObj") 
   
   iiscertobj.UserName = "Administrator"
   iiscertobj.UserPassword = "AdminPassword"
   iiscertobj.ServerName = "ServerName"
   
   iiscertobj.InstanceName = "MetabaseNode"
   iiscertobj.Import pfxfile, pfxfilepassword, true, true

2. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
3. Change to the folder on your hard disk drive where you saved the Cert_install.vbs file.
4. Type cscript cert_install.vbs, and then press ENTER.