Sunday, September 25, 2011

How to Fix an Internet Explorer 8 Certificate Error



In the latest release of Internet Explorer you may encounter an issue where you can no longer navigate to some secured sites. Instead of getting to the page you expect you will see a page similar to the one in the image above. In Internet Explorer 7 there was an option to continue that appears to have been removed in IE 8.

In order to get past the security certificate error in Internet Explorer 8 you can follow these steps.

Instructions

Internet Explorer 8 installed.

1 Open Internet Explorer and verify that the page you are trying to view is listing a certificate error.

2 To clear the certificate error go to Tools --> Internet Options from the menu of IE 8.

3 Click on the Advanced tab and scroll down to the security section. Clear the boxes for: "Check for publisher's certificate revocation" and "Check for server certificate revocation".

4 Click Apply and Ok.

5 Attempt to reload the page by clicking the Refresh button at the end of the address bar or by pressing the F5 key. Your page should now load as expected.


Source : eHow

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