Chrome And Edge Not Working

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Enhanced Authentication Plugin Driving you Nuts?

  • Chrome errors manifest in a vague way, through a generic 'Chrome is not responding' message. In this guide, we offer help for overcoming these browser errors. These steps apply to Google Chrome on any operating system, as well as generic Chromium for Linux and Microsoft Edge, which uses the Chromium engine.
  • Chrome not working. Before you apply this particular fix, you need to check if it will work for you. Open Task manager and go to the Services tab. Sort the service by name i.e., alphabetical order and look for the CryptSvc service. Right-click it and select ‘Restart’ from the context menu. After that, check if Chrome is working or not.

The first thing to do when your Edge is not working is to restart your PC. If the problem persists, do a Clean Boot which runs your PC with a minimal set of drivers and programs. Step 1: Press R and the Windows logo key on the keyboard and type msconfig. Press Enter at the same time. These steps apply to Google Chrome on any operating system, as well as generic Chromium for Linux and Microsoft Edge, which uses the Chromium engine. Causes of Chrome Not Responding Chrome slowdowns or stoppages usually relate to memory-management problems. Jan 24, 2018 Check for any malware installed especially searchtool bars etc. Then check IE, Edge and Chrome from installed extensions (in each application). Sometimes I prefer to use Chrome then IE but never firefox for this reason as firefox is easy to use for users as it does not prompt you when there are security flaws detected. Was this post helpful?


Update May 2017: To use with Chrome & Firefox, add a step.
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Navigate to https://vmware-plugin:8094 and Advanced and then Proceed.
Note: For this who are interested, the reason your machine is able to resolve https://vmware-plugin is because during the installation of the plugin your hosts file is manipulated to point vmware-plugin to 127.0.0.1
Once you’ve done this, you’ll be able to check the Use Windows session authentication box and carry on as you had previously.
Courtesy of: http://www.jonkensy.com/vcenter-6-5-enhanced-authentication-plugin-not-working/
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Well I have the answer for you here. 🙂
Now that you've finished installing or upgrading to vSphere 6.5, no matter what browser you use, IE, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, the damn checkbox for the Enhanced Authentication Plugin won't show up and the link to download it is still there.
The simple answer is that you need to TRUST the root CA certificates from YOUR vCenter server.
Uninstall the plugins from your workstation. Some people claim to uninstall all old ones from previous versions, including the old Client Integration plugins, etc.. I'm not convinced that's necessary. I just uninstalled the pair of programs related to the Enhanced Authentication plugin:
  • Open up your browser and point it to your vCenter server https://<VC or VCFQDN>/
  • Click on 'Download trusted root CA certificates'. They are actually downloaded from YOUR VMCA (VMware Certificate Authority).
Chrome And Edge Not Working
  • Download and Extract the ZIP file.
  • The certificates in the .certs folder need to be installed as 'Trusted Root Authorities'.
  • If you extracted the download.zip file to the download folder, you will have a directory structure for Windows workstations like '.downloadcertswin'.
In that folder you will see a series of files like these:
  • For each file that ends in .crt,Right click on it and Choose Install Certificate
  • Click Open if you receive a Security Warning
  • Choose 'Local Machine' as the 'Store Location'
  • Select 'Place all certificates in the following store', Click Browse
  • Click 'Trusted Root Certificate Authorities', Click OK, Click Next
  • Click Finish, Click OK on the 'Import was Successful' popup
  • Repeat for each .crt file.
  • Reopen your browser pointing to the https://VC/vsphere-client, Download and install the 'Enhanced Authentication Plugin'
  • Restart your workstation.
The plugin should now work in your browser of choice...
Happy Administering!

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