Re: Authenticode Issue

From: Daniel Sie [MSFT] (dsie_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:30:40 -0700

Yes. The prompt will be displayed on XP SP2 system only if you execute the
downloaded program thru shell. This is expected, and only in SP2. On pre SP2
platforms, the program will simply be executed without any prompt just like
any program on you local hard drive.

You might want to try adding your signing cert to the "Trusted Publisher"
store. 

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Thanks,
Daniel Sie [MSFT]
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"Sri" <Sri@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:51CC609A-2160-4CF3-8F48-0F45D15881C7@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone,
> I have a few questions regarding Authenticode. Any suggestions or 
> solutions
> to these problems are greatly appreciated.
>
> We purchased a Thawte Code Sign Certificate and successfully signed our
> executable using Authenticode for Internet Explorer
> 5.0(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2B742795-D0F0-4A66-B27F-22A95FCD3425&displaylang=en)
>
> First of:
> When the signed application is downloaded, before the download begins, 
> there
> is no prompt concerning the digital signature (unlike in earlier versions 
> of
> IE, if I am not mistaken).
>
> Once the application is downloaded on a system running Windows XP
> Professonal w/ SP2, on executing it, the prompt comes up with the digital
> security information. I know this is one of the imprvements in SP2. But, 
> the
> same application on systems with Windows XP Professional w/SP1, does not 
> show
> anything concerning the digital signature.
>
> Are we using the right set of Authenticode tools, like is there an update
> for IE6?
>
> Could anyone tell me whats happening and how it can be resolved?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Sri

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