Modifying the Expiration of the VANTAGE digital certificate (Taken from

Microsoft Article ID: 254632)

To Change the Expiration Date of Certificates That Are

Issued by a Windows Server 2003 or a Windows
2000 Server Certificate Authority

To change the validity period settings for a CA, follow these steps.

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you
how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if
you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you
follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry
before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem
occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up
and restore the registry in Windows

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate, and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Service
s\CertSvc\Configuration\<CAName>

4. In the right pane, double-click ValidityPeriod.

5. In the Value data box, type one of the following, and then click
OK:
o Days
o Weeks
o Months
o Years

6. In the right pane, double-click ValidityPeriodUnits.

7. In the Value data box, type the numeric value that you want,
and then click OK. For example, type 2.
8. Stop, and then restart the Certificate Services service. To do so:

a. Click Start, and then click Run.

b. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
c. At the command prompt, type the following lines. Press
ENTER after each line.

net stop certsvc

net start certsvc

d. Type exit to quit Command Prompt.

Also, we will set the Certificate Authority to automatically issue a

requested certificate.
To set the default action upon receipt of a certificate request
Log on to the system as a Administrator.

Open Certification Authority.

In the console tree, click the name of the certification authority (CA).

Certification Authority (Computer)

CA name
On the Action menu, click Properties.
On the Policy Module tab, click Properties.

Clic Click Follow the settings in the certificate template, if applicable.

k Otherwise, automatically issue the certificate..