unable to request certificate

[goaway1234]

I have a development environment setup where I have a
standalone CA setup on a windows 2000 small business
server. I need to get new personal and website
certificates for testing purposes. My user account has administrator privileges on the server, the domain, and
my local computer.

I try to request a new certificate in two ways, neither
of which is working.

Method 1: Start->Run->certmgr.msc
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When I try to request a certificate, I get the message:

"The wizard cannot be started because of one or more of
the following conditions:
-There are no trusted CAs available
-You do not have the permissions to request
certificates from the available CAs
-The available CAs issue certificates for which you do
not have permissions."

I have the Root CA certificate of my test-CA installed in
the 'Trusted Root CAs' and 'Enterprise Trust' containers.

Method 2:

http://<server>/certsrv

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I also tried to create an advanced request using the form
provided on the certificate server web
(

http://<server>/certsrv/certrqma.asp),

however, it just
sits there displaying the message ' Downloading ActiveX
control... '


Can anybody find it in their heart to tell me what the is going wrong here? I'm not even very picky about the type of certificate I get; I just need something that I can use to test code that uses an installed certificate to verify a signature. This is becoming a serious impediment to my current project.

 

[mlichstein]

Open the CA mmc, right click on the server, go to properties, then the security tab. Make sure the user/group has the request permission.

 

[goaway1234]

Thanks, for the tip, but I do have all the necessary permissions. As a domain administrator, I have full control over the CA. I also posted this to the MS community newsgroup and was referred to

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330389

for a fix for the ActiveX control.

Anybody have any other ideas. Thanks in advance---Nick

 

[diablo266]

activex situation =>sp4

this problem is "by design" according to MickySoft