I have been having trouble reading the forums here at R.O. and others lately. I can go to the "Table of Contents" page, but the individual threads will not open, and I get an error message saying "Cannot find server or DNS error."

Today I went to Windows Update and looked up the error, then printed out about 7 pages of instructions on how to cure it. Had something to do with a "Root Certificate Authority."

Looks like a real PITA to deal with, as you have to install a new certificate at each web site that has a problem...(mostly UBB, in my case, but not all.)

So before going through all that I decided to check my security settings...

Tools>InternetOptions>Advanced...

...under "Security" I UNchecked the first box, which is called "check for publisher's certificate revocation," and restarted the computer.

So far everything seems to be fine...I can read R.O. again!...But am I going to have security problems in the future? Is this important at all? Or completely inconsequential?

I really hate computers sometimes...

TIA,