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Outlook 2007 certificate install

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A time ago a wrote how to solve the certificate issue in Outlook 2010 . I was explaining how to set up Outlook 2010 with your own POP3 server in case you are using SSL authentication with self made certificate. While in Outlook 2010 you just needed to install your certificate, on Outlook 2007 the process for adding certificate is bit more complex so follow these steps to add your own created certificate to trusted publishers on windows machine. Start->run, or +R type "mmc" and hit enter On opened window choose File->Add/Remove Snap-In... From Availbale Snap-Ins select Certificates and click Add In new window choose Computer Account, press next Select Local computer: (the computer this console is running on) Click Finish, and click Ok Expand the folder Colsole Root->Certificates->Trusted root certification Right click on Certificiates, select All Tasks->import and now you need to import your SSL certificate. The easiest way to get your certificates is by saving...

Software compatibility problems for Windows 7

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Many times software developers for their product installation adds an OS version checks. OS version checks simply checks what version of OS user has, and in case their product is not fully tested on detected OS, installation is aborted. As Windows 7 for now is realively new OS, many older software, released prior to Windows 7 was announced, refuses to run on Windows 7, although they could run perfecty well, but because of OS version check failure, software can not be installed. To overcome this obsticle you need to simply run installation in compability mode. In most cases, what run on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7 as well. Just right click installation file and select TroubleShoot compability. One such example is WinPcap .