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Install Your Digital Certificate on Another Computer
You can access your secure CDC applications from any computer on which you have installed your digital certificate. To install your digital certificate, you will need a diskette containing a copy of your certificate. Click here for instructions for saving your digital certificate.
To install your digital certificate on another computer, complete the steps below.

  1. Insert a diskette containing a saved copy of your digital certificate into the diskette drive.
  2. Open a browser window, click on Tools, then click the Internet Options button.
  3. Click the Content tab.
  4. Click the Certificates button located in the middle of the page.
  5. Click the Import button to launch the Certificate Import Wizard.
  6. Click Next on the "Welcome to the Certificate Import Wizard" window.
  7. Browse to the certificate file on the diskette. (The file type will be .pfx.)
  8. Click Next.
  9. Enter the password you created when you saved the digital certificate.

    10. a. UNCHECK the Enable Strong Protection box if it is checked (for IE 5.0 or NT 5.0 or higher)
    b. CHECK the Mark private key as exportable box.
  10. Click Next.
  11. Select Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate.
  12. Click Next.
  13. Review the information and click Finish. The next message should indicate the success of the import.
  14. Close the browser window and restart your computer.
  15. Log on to https://sdn.cdc.gov and click the name of your application in the upper left corner of the page.
If you can log on to your application, you can be sure that your digital certificate has been installed successfully.
   
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This page last reviewed May 5 2006