Speaking of word and signatures I also read that office 2003 has a new
feature that allows users to to make an expiration date for the SmartTags
feature.  If the tags expires you may not be able to use and or save the
document.  I have to find the article again to pass it along I know it was
in my Tech Republic newsletter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] digital signatures


> I found the source of my problem and the way to create a digital
signature.
> It appears that my own memory is becoming volatile:) In case others need
to
> do this, the personal digital signature is not generated using the
> certificate console. There is a program in the MS Office installation that
> does this. It is called SELFCERT.EXE and needs to be located using Windows
> Explorer to run it.
>
> As it turns out, the expired certificate notification that I had been
> getting was not caused by my personal certificate, but by the OCR software
> that was installed with my new Canon scanner package. It placed an MS Word
> template in Word's startup folder. This template has macros and the
> signature was expired on the macros. Wanted to share just in case someone
> else runs into this.
>
> Peter
> -----------------------------------------------
> The NoSpin Group
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I need help with this one. Windows XP Pro. Installed some new
> > toys I got at
> > Staples - a USB scanner and a DVD burner. All seemed to go well, but I
> > decided to clean up old drivers and stuff. After that, MS
> > Word gave me a
> > message that the digital signatures to my macros were no
> > longer valid...
>
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