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Can't access Secure Websites

This article provides information and procedures that you can use to troubleshoot situations where you cannot connect to secure Web sites (https://) by using Microsoft Internet Explorer in Windows XP.

 

To troubleshoot situations where you cannot connect to secure Web sites using Internet Explorer, try the following procedures, in the order that they are presented. After each procedure, use Internet Explorer to try to connect to a secure Web site and determine if the problem is resolved. If you can connect to the secure Web site and the problem is resolved, you do not have to follow the remaining procedures in this article. If the problem is not resolved, continue to the next procedure. The procedures below are hyperlinks that will give you step by step guide to help you with that step.

 

Register .Dll Files

Re-register the following .dll files:

Softpub.dll
Wintrust.dll
Initpki.dll
Dssenh.dll
Rsaenh.dll
Gpkcsp.dll
Sccbase.dll
Slbcsp.dll
Cryptdlg.dll

To do so:

  1. Open Command Prompt (Page will open in a separate window)
  2. At the command prompt, type the following lines and press ENTER after each line:

    regsvr32 softpub.dll
    regsvr32 wintrust.dll
    regsvr32 initpki.dll
    regsvr32 dssenh.dll
    regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
    regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
    regsvr32 sccbase.dll
    regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
    regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll

  3. Click OK when you receive the message that DllRegisterServer in FileName succeeded.
  4. Type exit to quit Command Prompt.