You should now have what is shown in the image below.Ĥ. You should just be able to type this as the key name will be in edit mode already, but if you need to right-click on the new key and choose Rename. You will see a new entry under SSL 2.0 that says “New Key #1” and you need to rename this key “TLS 1.2”. Right-click on “Protocols” and choose the option New followed by Key as shown below. First part of the key list This is the section you will make changes toģ. The second image is where you want to be as this is where you will make some changes. The two images below show you what this will look like. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > SecurityProviders > SCHANNEL > Protocols You will see a list of keys (they look folders). Click on the Windows button and then choose Run.Įnter “regedit” in the field as shown above and click OK.Ģ.
#How to test tls 1.2 connection in windows update
Update Windows 7īefore you begin, update Windows 7 to ensure it has all the latest updates, particularly Service Pack 1. We now require TLS 1.2 as a minimum.īy default TLS 1.2 is not enabled on Windows 7, but it does support it and you can easily enable it using the instructions below. We ended support for the outdated encryption methods (TLS 1.0 and 1.1) to ensure that we provide the latest and most secure encryption between your email program and our service. If you have an older email program this might affect you. On 0 we retired some old encryption protocols that are used when email programs connect to our servers.