Re: CryptAcquireContext Fails in Windows 98

From: Amit Rahul [MS] (arahul_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 17:47:24 -0700

Do you have high encryption pack installed on windows 98? MS_ENHANCED_PROV
is not available by default on Win98. This could be the reason why
CryptAcquireContext is failing there. 

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Thanks,
Amit Rahul [MS]
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"Agnihotri" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92719F73-BC9B-4D75-BB06-8679A20F85E0@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have made the ATL COM component which uses CriptoAPI. The component is
developed in Windows 2000 and is functional.
> When i use the same component in Windows 98 the CriptoAPI function
"CryptAcquireContext"  fails???
> I have used the function is following way
>
> if(!CryptAcquireContext(&hCryptProv,NULL, MS_ENHANCED_PROV, PROV_RSA_FULL,
0))
> {
>          if(!CryptAcquireContext(&hCryptProv,NULL, MS_ENHANCED_PROV,
PROV_RSA_FULL, CRYPT_NEWKEYSET))
>          {
>                return E_FAIL;
>           }
> }
>
> Please help me out.....
> Thank You

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