PKI Client Certificate Template not viewable by Windows 7 and Server 2008 workgroup machines.

Hello everyone,

I’m having issues with workgroup computers, not domain systems when I request a certificate.

It’s extremely weird. It has something to do with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 machines. In 2003 server I can request a certificate manually with certutil and it see the certificate template. I copy over the exact command on windows 7 and it can’t see the certificate template.

I have the following configuration:

1. CA Enterprise
   1. I have created the SCCM Client Certificate
   2. I have created the SCCM Web Server Certificate
   3. I have created the SCCM Distribution Point Certificate
2. GPO is configured
3. SCCM 2012 R2 CU2 configured to do HTTP and HTTPS
   1. Installed SCCM Client Certificate
   2. Installed SCCM Web Server Certificate
   3. Installed Distribution Point Certificate
4. Deployed to a domain computer good on PKI

Workgroup Computers:

I’m having issues with deploying certificates

1. Windows 7 – (ERROR) not successful
2. Windows Server 2008 R2 – (ERROR) not successful
3. Windows Server 2003 - successful
4. Windows XP – successful

How I’m getting the certs for the clients is by utilizing the following scripts from this URL.

http://www.ithierarchy.com/ITH/node/48

I did find a couple of errors in the code, but if it’s working on my Server 2003, then it should work on the others. Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 seem to have the same issue. The error I’m getting is the following:

Command line requesting the cert ---- CertReq –new –f testcomputer.home.pvt.inf c:\client\testcomputer.home.pvt.req

Error --- Template not found.

SCCMClientCertificate (this is my template)