Windows 7 Taskforce

IE SSL certificate dialog only offers Install Certificate button to administrators

Submitted by jstangroome on August 13, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: If a standard user navigates to a HTTPS website with an untrusted certificate in IE, chooses to proceed, then opens the certificate information dialog, the button to Install Certificate is hidden.

If the standard user then starts IE elevated (more...)

Solution: The Install Certificate button should always be available and should only require elevation when the user chooses the option to trust the certificate for the entire system.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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