Removing a Password from an LotW certificate
If your certificate is password-protected, then each time you upload QSOs to LotW you will be prompted to supply the password. This password makes it more difficult for someone who gains access to your PC or to your .p12 file to forge QSOs with you. For those operating from rare locations, this protection against forgery may be appropriate; where there's no threat of forgery, you can remove the password from your certificate so that you are not prompted each time you upload:
run the ARRL's TQSLCert application
right click on the certificate whose password you wish to remove, and select the Save option
specify a file into which the certificate is to be saved, and click the Save button
when prompted to enter a password, leave both the New password and Enter again to confirm textboxes empty, and click the Ok button
- when prompted to enter a password to unlock the private key, type the password used to protect the certificate
select the File menu's Load Certificate File option
in the Load Certificate File window, select PKC#12(.p12) certificate file, and click the Next button
in the Select Certificate File window, select the file you created in step 3 above and click the Open button
when prompted to Enter password to unlock PKCS#12 file, leave the textbox empty and and click the Next button
when prompted to Enter password for private key, leave both the New password and Enter again to confirm textboxes empty and click the Ok button
in the Load Certificate File window, click the Finish button