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Export your Client Certificate from the Administrator Account Into the Local Computer Account

After installing your client certificate on your system, use the certificates snap-in of the Microsoft Management console to export the certificate from the current user account (Administrator account). Then import the certificate into the Local computer account. The local computer account requires access to the client certificate.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Start, Run.

   The Run dialog appears.

2. In the Open field, type mmc, and then click OK.

   The Microsoft Management console appears.

3. Export the client certificate from the current user account of the Administrator with the following steps:
   1. Expand the console root folder, and then click Certificates — Current User.

      Note: If the proper certificates snap-in does not appear, install it.

   2. Expand certificates, and then open the following folders (where the certificate is stored):
      • Personal
      • Certificates

      A list of certificates appears.

   3. Right-click your client certificate, and then select All Tasks, Export.

      The certificate export wizard opens.

   4. Export the certificate using the Base-64 encoded X.509 (.cer) option.

      The client certificate is exported.

4. Import the client certificate to the local user account (on the same computer) with the following steps:
   1. Expand the console root folder, and then click Certificates — Local Computer.

      Note: If the proper certificates snap-in does not appear, install it.

   2. Expand certificates, and then double-click the folder to which you want to import the client certificate.
   3. Click Action, All tasks, Import.

      The certificate import wizard opens.

   4. Navigate to the file that you created when exporting the certificate in Step 3d, then follow the prompts in the wizard to import the certificate into the local computer account.

      The certificate is imported into the local computer account.

5. Save your changes to the Microsoft Management console, and then close it.