Updating Root Certificates

I have been unable to fully update the root certificates on my Windows 2008 Server machine. I have tried doing a manual install using https://www.verisign.com/support/roots.html and there are still certificates that are not updated, but used to be trusted
before certification expiration. Is there a way to update these roots automatically by Windows without messing with Group Policy settings? Or a way to update individual roots via Windows?
Thanks.

I'm curious about the intent to do a wholesale update of the root certificates in a server operating system. I would think you should consider yourself lucky, because there are practical limits to the size of the Trusted Root Certificate Store (64kb of certificates,
which is 175-200 of them, depending on their data size).
A more surgical approach is to only install a new root certificate when it is needed for a specific purpose. Otherwise, certificates that are expired can generally just be deleted.
However, for an alternative approach to this process, I would suggest installation of KB931125 to a **WORKSTATION** operating system (a reference VM not actually used by anybody would be even better), and then EXPORT those certificates that you actually
need from that reference system and import them to where they are needed.
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCSA, MCITP:EA, MCDBA
SolarWinds Head Geek
Microsoft MVP - Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing (2005-2014)
My MVP Profile: http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Lawrence%20R%20Garvin-32101
http://www.solarwinds.com/gotmicrosoft
The views expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of SolarWinds.

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