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Error Message: This Certificate Has Failed to Verify for All of Its Intended Purposes

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Article ID:233479
Last Review:January 24, 2007
Revision:3.3
This article was previously published under Q233479

SYMPTOMS

If you click the padlock icon to view the certificate when you are connected to a secure site, you may receive the following error message:
This certificate has failed to verify for all of its intended purposes.

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CAUSE

This issue can occur if Internet Explorer interprets a specific object ID in the contents of some Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) certificates.

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RESOLUTION

This issue affects only the user interface; Internet Explorer still communicates by using the secure connection. If you click the Certificate Path tab in the dialog box, you see a "This certificate is OK" message in the Certificate Status box.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
  Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
  Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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Keywords: 
kbhotfixserver kbqfe kberrmsg kbprb kbui KB233479

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