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Using digital certificates on USB sticks

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Putting your digital certificate on to a USB stick will give you the flexibility to login to the Tax Office’s portals from any computer without having to install your certificate on each computer that you want to use.

It’s the ideal solution for people who want to login to our portals from a variety of computers (for example, home and work or when travelling interstate) or who want to use their clients’ computers to access the portals.

Once you’re set up, you can plug your USB stick into any computer with an internet connection and login to the portals with confidence. Using your digital certificate this way leaves no trace of the transactions you make on the computers you plug into.

Required

  • 128 MB or greater USB memory stick (retractable or with dust cap).
  • Windows Vista, Windows XP (Service pack 2) or Windows 2000 (Service pack 4) operating system.
  • Current virus scanning software.

Table of contents

How to setup your USB stick

Login to the portals

Removing your USB stick safely

How to print in the portals

What to do if Login to online services.exe stops working

What to do if your digital certificate stops working

Renewing your digital certificate

What to do if you lose your USB stick

Removing other people’s digital certificates from your USB stick

Changing your password

More information

Last Modified: Wednesday, 28 January 2009

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