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Installing your digital certificate

Installing your digital certificate

Your digital certificate must be integrated into your operating system before it can be used in other applications (document signing, e-mail signing, etc.). The steps below will install your certificate on your computer.

If you have not already requested and downloaded your digital certificate, please go to Digital Certificates/Signatures. This will guide you through both processes.

You must have your digital certificate file and the password used to download it available to begin the installation. The file name will be in the format “#####_uthscsa_edu.p12”, where “#####” is your login username. On some Windows computer, the file may simply be displayed as “#####_uthscsa_edu”.

NOTE: Be sure to DOWNLOAD your certificate; do not run it. When you download it, remember the password and passphrase used.

Windows

Please have your downloaded certificate file and password available.

  1. Double-click the certificate file; this will start the “Certificate Import Wizard”.
  2. When the “Certificate Import Wizard” opens (Fig. 1), ensure the radio button next to “Current User” is selected and click the “Next” button.
    Figure 1
    Fig. 1
  3. When the “File to Import” window opens (Fig. 2), the “File name:” field will already be filled with the correct filename. Click the “Next” button.
    Figure 2
    Fig. 2
  4. When the “Private key protection” window opens (Fig. 3), enter the password used to download the certificate in the “Password:”. Ensure the second and last checkboxes are selected (red arrows), and press the “Next” button.
    Figure 3
    Fig. 3
  5. When the “Certificate Store” window opens (Fig. 4), ensure the first radio button is selected, and then press the “Next” button.
    Figure 4
    Fig. 4
  6. When the “Completing the Certificate Import Wizard opens (Fig. 5), press the “Finish”
    Figure 5
    Fig. 5
  7. Once the process is completed successfully, the window shown in Fig 6 will appear. Press the “OK” button.
    Figure 6
    Fig. 6

Your certificate is now integrated into your Windows operating system and is available for use in other applications.

macOS

Please have your downloaded certificate file and password available. Preferably, the certificate file should be on your desktop for convenience.

  1. From the Dock, click the “Finder” icon (Fig. 1).

     

    Figure 1
    Fig. 1

     

  2. In the “Finder” window, click the “Applications” menu item on the left side (Fig. 2).
    Figure 2
    Fig. 2
  3. Scroll through the installed “Applications” window, then open “Utilities” (Fig. 3).
    Figure 3
    Fig. 3
  4. Scroll through the “Utilities” window, then open “Keychain Access” (Fig. 4).
    Figure 4
    Fig. 4
  5. When the “Keychain Access” window appears (Fig. 5), click the “My Certificates” menu item on the left side.
    Figure 5
    Fig. 5
  6. From the desktop, either cut-and-paste or drag your certificate file on to the body of the “Keychain Access” window (Fig. 6).
    Figure 7
    Fig. 6
  7. You will be prompted for your password (Fig. 7); enter your password and press the “OK” button.
    Figure 7
    Fig. 7
  8. Once the certificate is installed, the information will appear in the “Keychain Access” window (Fig. 8).
    Figure 8
    Fig. 8

    You may now close the “Keychain Access” window.

Your certificate is now integrated into your macOS computer and is available for use in other applications.

Finally, install your certificate using the instructions in the following topics:

Quick Reference Videos

Downloading your digital certificate
Windows  |  Mac OS

Installing your digital certificate
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Using your digital certificate in Outlook
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