Re: Can't install personal certificate/private key
From: Paul Crisp (paul@paccts.co.uk)
Date: 07/01/02
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From: "Paul Crisp" <paul@paccts.co.uk> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:10:25 +0100
Thanks for your suggestion. I did find and delete this registry key but
doing so did not solve the problem. Any further thoughts anyone?
Paul
"Daniel Sie [MS]" <dsie@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:#dQ7sHxHCHA.2480@tkmsftngp11...
> Check to see if you have the following registry key?
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Defaults\Provider
> Types\Type 001
>
> If so, back it back, delete it, and then restart your system to see if it
> fixes the problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Daniel Sie [MS]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>
> "Paul Crisp" <paul@paccts.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eoYg2DrHCHA.2024@tkmsftngp11...
> > I tried this query about a month ago. People tried to help but my
problem
> > remains. I thought I would try again.
> > I am trying to establish internet access to my bank accounts (HSBC).
This
> is
> > controlled via a set of passwords, logon IDs and certificates. Two
> > certificates are required, one is a trusted root certificate and the
other
> > is a personal certificate with a corresponding private key. Both are
> > generated on the bank's host system.
> >
> > My problem is that I cannot get the personal certificate to install in
my
> > W2Kpro system either directly from the bank or by exporting it from one
> > machine and importing it to another. I have done both of these things on
> > other boxes - 2 XP machines and 1 W2K box. The latter is nearly
identical
> to
> > the machine I am failing to get the certificate and PK onto.
> >
> > The trusted root certificate installed without difficulty. The personal
> > certificate goes through the whole import routine and at the final stage
> > throws up a message that says "An internal error occurred. The private
key
> > that you are importing might
> > require a cryptographic service provider that is not installed on your
> > system"..
> >
> > The bank are stumped and I can't find anything about this problem in the
> > newsgroups or in MS's on-line resources. As I have installed the self
same
> > certificate on 3 other computers, I'm betting on it being an issue with
> the
> > particular machine (which is an Acer Travelmate 613TXV by the way). It
is
> > updated to the latest security patch - but I tried the certificate
install
> > both before and after applying the patch. In case it's relevant, the
Acer
> is
> > normally networked via a docking station to an SBS4.5 network which
> accessed
> > the internet via an ADSL router through MS Proxy Server 2.0.
> >
> > On the advice of this group I've checked that the algorithms in use are
> > consistent, which they are, and that the machine uses 128 bit
> > 'cyberstrength', which it does. I'm guessing that this is some screw-up
in
> > the registry but I don't know
> > enough about it to figure out what. I've read some of the Microsoft
stuff
> on
> > certificates and my head hurts.
> >
> > One poster suggested that the problem was a corrupt registry which seems
> > likely to me too. Has anyone any idea what I might do to fix it? Is it
> worth
> > reinstalling anything, and if so, what?
> > Anybody any thoughts? I'd be very grateful.
> > Paul
> > Coventry
> > England
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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