Microsoft KB Archive/265364

= Certificate Authenticity Warning Appears When You View Htmlhlp.htm =

Article ID: 265364

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q265364



SYMPTOMS
When you open Htmlhelp.htm, you receive the following message:

Security Warning

WARNING: The authenticity of this content cannot be verified, therefore it cannot be trusted.

Problem listed below:

A certificate (signing or issuer) has expired.

Do you want to install and run &quot;Windows Local Help&quot; signed on and unknown date/time and distributed by:

Microsoft Corporation

When you click the &quot;Microsoft Corporation&quot; hyperlink in the security warning dialog, the certificate dates that appear, &quot;Valid from 5/9/1997 to 5/10/1998,&quot; are correct.



RESOLUTION
You can safely ignore this security warning. If you click Yes on the Security Warning message, Windows Help opens.



WORKAROUND
To avoid seeing the security warning, open Windows Help from a different location. To do this, click Start, and then click Help.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.



MORE INFORMATION
The %windir% directory is the directory location in which you installed Windows. The default location is C:\Windows.

For additional information about how to determine which folder Windows is installed in, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

305792 How to Determine Which Folder Windows Is Installed In

Additional query words: winmil

Keywords: kbprb KB265364

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