Cannot Renew Verisign Certificates in IIS 5.0 (262979)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

This article was previously published under Q262979

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to renew an SSL certificate from Verisign, the renewal with Verisign fails.

CAUSE

Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows 2000 Advanced Server generate PKCS7-formated renewals, which Verisign does not accept.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date       Time      Version       Size    File name    Platform
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   10-02-2000 1:35:53PM 5.0.2195.2399 200,976 Certwiz.ocx  x86
				

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Information Services 5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

This fix changes the behavior in Windows 2000, so that it generates PKCS10-formatted renewal requests.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix KB262979