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The error code I get is sec_error_ocsp_future_response. I can get on apple.com with my Windows 10 desktop but an old Windows 7 laptop get this message, why?

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Bill Pettit
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I have an old laptop with Windows 7 Home on it and I was trying to update iTunes so I opened up the newest version of Firefox and went to or tried to go to www.apple.com but when I did I got the following message: Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.apple.com. The OCSP response is not yet valid (contains a date in the future). Error code: SEC_ERROR_FUTURE_RESPONSE. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

I was able to go to www.apple.com with my Windows 10 Desktop.

Now the laptop was old and the date and time was wrong because the battery was totally dead. I purchased a new battery and changed the date and time. Someone told me that might cause this problem if date was set to future but it wasn't. I could browse to other websites like google.com, pnc.com and others but there also was other websites that have me this message.

I have an old laptop with Windows 7 Home on it and I was trying to update iTunes so I opened up the newest version of Firefox and went to or tried to go to www.apple.com but when I did I got the following message: Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.apple.com. The OCSP response is not yet valid (contains a date in the future). Error code: SEC_ERROR_FUTURE_RESPONSE. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. I was able to go to www.apple.com with my Windows 10 Desktop. Now the laptop was old and the date and time was wrong because the battery was totally dead. I purchased a new battery and changed the date and time. Someone told me that might cause this problem if date was set to future but it wasn't. I could browse to other websites like google.com, pnc.com and others but there also was other websites that have me this message.

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As you can see from the SEC_ERROR_FUTURE_RESPONSE error message, you have a problem with the date and time on your computer, so you need to check and correct that.

You can check the date and time and time zone in the clock on your computer: (double) click the clock icon on the Windows Taskbar.

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As you can see from the SEC_ERROR_FUTURE_RESPONSE error message, you have a problem with the date and time on your computer, so you need to check and correct that.

You can check the date and time and time zone in the clock on your computer: (double) click the clock icon on the Windows Taskbar.