Microsoft KB Archive/229463

= Client certificates default to all users personal store when you upgrade to Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 229463

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q229463



SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95/98 to Windows 2000, all users certificates are displayed in 'My user account' in the Certificates snap-in.



CAUSE
This issue can occur if you did not have user profiles enabled in Windows 95/98. Since there is only one registry key for user certificates in Windows 95/98, the certificates are displayed in the default profile and propagated to all users. However, only the original owner of the certificate can use its private key.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, enable user profiles on your computer before you upgrade to Windows 2000.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows 2000.

Keywords: kbdisplay kbprb KB229463

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