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Remove expired certificate from Windows

Issue: You need to remove old or expired SSL certificates from a Windows based system's personal certificate store. Solution: Open the personal certificate store and delete the old/expired certificate. 1) Start > run > MMC > select add snap-in > select certificates > Select local computer 2) Expand Certificates, expand Personal, click 'Certificates' inside Personal 3) Right click the certificate you'd like to remove and click delete Read more [...]

IIS using old certificate

Issue: you have completed the installation of a new SSL cert on IIS however the server is still serving the old certificate rather than the new one. Additional factors: IIS appears to 'cache' the old existing certificate, even if you delete the old cert from IIS Manager or you delete the old cert from the personal certificate store on the server. Solution: I've found a solution which does not require re-starting IIS or other downtime, which is to manually specify the certificate that should Read more [...]

IIS manually specify new ssl cert

Issue: you need to manually specify a new certificate in IIS Background: by default IIS picks the certificate it think is best, in some cases this could lead it to choosing an old cert or a self signed cert rather than the cert you would prefer) Solution: Manually specify your preferred SSL certificate for the Default Website or whichever IIS Website you would like to assign your certificate. 1) Open IIS Manager, expand the web server, expand sites 2) Right click Default Website or the website Read more [...]

How to delete old ssl certificate IIS

Issue: you need to delete an old or expired certificate from an IIS Web Server (IIS 7 through IIS 8). Solution: 1) Open Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager 2) Select Web Server > Click Server Certificates 3) Right click the certificate and click Remove The above steps will remove the certificate from the server's personal certificate store.  It's important to note that your IIS server may still be serving the old certificate despite it being deleted. Read more [...]

guid passed not recognized by wmi provider – iSCSI

Issue: When trying to add an iscsi target via MS iSCSI Initiator using Quick Connect you receive the error: "the guid passed was not recognized as valid by a wmi data provider" Background: I had a customer with an existing iSCSI storage deployment using a dell MD3000i.  They added a new LUN on the MD3000i and then attempted to initialize and format the volume in Windows disk management the new volume would not show up.  Further inspection showed that MS iSCSI initiator settings were completely Read more [...]