<s>
CAPICOM	B-Device
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
ActiveX	B-Application
control	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
help	O
expose	O
a	O
select	O
set	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Cryptographic	O
Application	O
Programming	O
Interface	O
(	O
CryptoAPI	O
)	O
functions	O
through	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Component	I-Application
Object	I-Application
Model	I-Application
(	O
COM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
enable	O
every	O
environment	O
that	O
supports	O
ActiveX	B-Application
to	O
use	O
Microsoft	O
Cryptographic	O
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
web	O
pages	O
that	O
are	O
opened	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
or	O
any	O
other	O
web	O
browser	O
that	O
supports	O
ActiveX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CAPICOM	B-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
digitally	O
sign	O
data	O
,	O
inspect	O
,	O
verify	O
and	O
display	O
their	O
digital	O
signature	O
or	O
digital	O
certificate	O
,	O
add	O
or	O
remove	O
certificates	O
to	O
or	O
from	O
the	O
certificate	O
stores	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
,	O
to	O
encrypt	O
or	O
decrypt	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CAPICOM	B-Device
Version	O
2.1.0.3	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
and	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
CAPICOM	B-Device
,	O
is	O
officially	O
supported	O
on	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
announced	O
that	O
CAPICOM	B-Device
is	O
discontinued	O
and	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
suggests	O
replacing	O
CAPICOM	B-Device
with	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
's	O
X509	O
Cryptographic	O
Classes	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
alternatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CAPICOM	B-Device
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
Windows	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
