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How to install the Bluesocket root certificate on your PC

 

When you connect to the URWireless network via your internet browser you are prompted each and every time to accept a security certificate.

To bypass this alert you need to follow these instructions.

 

The first screen that you see is simply one telling you that you are about to view pages over a secure connection.

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Simply click OK here to continue

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You will see the BlueSocket Security Alert window pop up. Adding the BlueSocket certificate to your PC

will stop this security window from opening every time you start your URWireless connection

Click on 'Yes'

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After clicking on the 'Yes' button you should see this window. Click on 'Install CA Certificate' under Username and Password

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Click on the 'Open' button

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Click on the 'Install Certificate' button

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Click 'Next' on the import wizard

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Click 'Next' and let windows install the BlueSocket certificate in the default certificate store.

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Click on 'Finish'. It might take your machine a couple seconds to process the install.

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Click 'Yes' on the security warning. This is telling you that you are installing a root certificate from BlueSocket Inc.

This is what you are doing. Just continue.

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Click on the import successful 'OK' button.

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Click on the 'OK' button to close the certificate window.

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This is end of the Bluesocket self-sign certificate install process. You will no longer be prompted for the security warning as you enter the URWireless network via your internet browser. This certificate is valid for up to 1 year. You will have to go through this process only once per year.

       

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