Certificate server will not issue certs. CSP Unavailable

[Guest Ignatius-A]

I have a certifictae server that WAS working perfectly. The only changes i'm

aware of in the intervening period are

 

1) Manually republishing of root server's CRL to the location specified in

the CDP extension

 

2) Installation of MOM advanced client

 

The web interface reports "An unexpected error has occurred: The

certification authority has not been started."

 

This is incorrect, both "Certificate Services" and "Cryptographic Services"

are started.

 

The event log shows 2 errors

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: CertSvc

Event Category: None

Event ID: 87

Date: 02/04/2008

Time: 14:22:42

User: N/A

Computer: SERVERNAME

Description:

Certificate Services could not use the default provider for encryption keys.

Keyset does not exist 0x80090016 (-2146893802)

 

 

AND

 

 

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: CertSvc

Event Category: None

Event ID: 86

Date: 02/04/2008

Time: 14:22:42

User: N/A

Computer: SERVERNAME

Description:

Certificate Services could not use the provider specified in the registry

for encryption keys. Keyset does not exist 0x80090016 (-2146893802)

 

The server has been rebooted. I've looked through KB & google and can't see

anything that directly relates. Bit flummoxed really.

 

There's one DCOM error in the system log, but I've traced that back to SMS

 

Hope you can help

 

--

Mike.

MCSE 2003