Security certificate issues
 

I have an older PC, with windows XP. We had a transformer blow down the street from us, and when I brought the computer back up, none of my banking or credit card websites will let me log in. i just get this on my screen - "There is a problem with this website's security certificate". I don't think Microsoft even supports XP any more. I have tried disabling my firewall, and setting all security settings back to default level. Any ideas?

I get that message 90 times a day.
I just click "go there anyway" or whatever.
Your address bar turns pink, that's about it.

You can probably go into Tools/Internet Options/Content (tab)...
...there's a Certificates button. Maybe you can add them as a trusted source or something.

Thanks Flint, done all that. I can force my way through to Amazon, etc, but no go on the bank sites.

Change banks.

LOL! Actually 2 banks and 2 credit card companies.

Swap computers with lumberjim?

Usually there is an option to download a new security certificate.

My problem is (I think) with my PC rather than the bank(s), because it only happened after the power outage.

The time changed. Check the time.

LOL did that too, but the time change happened before the power outage we had

The suggestion was that the date time clock changed date and time. Not daylight savings time.

If you think it is a hardware problem, then execute the comprehensive hardware diagnostics that any responsible computer manufacturer provided for free. Also check the system (event) logs for reports of that damage that Windows is working around. Also find and check Device manager. If you think PC hardware is damaged, then use the various information sources that report that damage.

In which case, the security certificate is intact; is not defective.

That's not a serious problem. All you've got to do is remove the old certificate, and install the new one when you go to their website. The one you got when you first went to the site is probably expired and it has nothing to do with the power outage unless the certificate got corrupted. Were you on the bank site when the power went out?

I'm with UT. The date or time is wrong on the computer... the browser isn't liking certificates because it thinks they have bogus dates.

:smack: Thanks so much UT and SD. I reset the time and date after the power outage but neglected to notice that it was set to 2003! Problem resolved.