I am unable to reinstall or update DirectX at all, which is increasingly
becoming a hassle. According to the DXError log, it's because my
cryptographic services isn't running. I can't enable them in my
"services.msc". How do I fix my crypto service problem so that I can get
DirectX to reinstall?

Josh,

What version of DirectX are you trying to install & are you using the
redistributable?

What is the error message you get when trying to start Ctyptography?

What is the error in the event log? START | RUN | Type 'eventvwr.msc' (without
quotes) & press ENTER

Here's an article which 'maybe' of some use too:

http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_014.html

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)




"jedi-josh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6F5B13FD-E587-4031-A41B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am unable to reinstall or update DirectX at all, which is increasingly
> becoming a hassle. According to the DXError log, it's because my
> cryptographic services isn't running. I can't enable them in my
> "services.msc". How do I fix my crypto service problem so that I can get
> DirectX to reinstall?

I've tried installing 9 and 10 both, using both the web-install and redistrib
versions. All times I've tried have given me the same crypto-svc error. When
I go to manually start it, either via "services.msc" or the command prompt, i
get "error 126: service could not be started". This has been an ongoing
problem. I've been through re-registering every .dll listed in your link, and
it still hasn't worked.

At this point, how, if at all, is it possible to just reinstall the
crypto-service from scratch?

"Newbie Coder" wrote:

> Josh,
>
> What version of DirectX are you trying to install & are you using the
> redistributable?
>
> What is the error message you get when trying to start Ctyptography?
>
> What is the error in the event log? START | RUN | Type 'eventvwr.msc' (without
> quotes) & press ENTER
>
> Here's an article which 'maybe' of some use too:
>
> http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_014.html
>
> --
> Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)
>
>
>
>
> "jedi-josh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6F5B13FD-E587-4031-A41B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am unable to reinstall or update DirectX at all, which is increasingly
> > becoming a hassle. According to the DXError log, it's because my
> > cryptographic services isn't running. I can't enable them in my
> > "services.msc". How do I fix my crypto service problem so that I can get
> > DirectX to reinstall?
>
>
>

EDIT:

In Event Viewer, it says that the crypto service cannot start because "The
specified module cannot be found".

"jedi-josh" wrote:

> I've tried installing 9 and 10 both, using both the web-install and redistrib
> versions. All times I've tried have given me the same crypto-svc error. When
> I go to manually start it, either via "services.msc" or the command prompt, i
> get "error 126: service could not be started". This has been an ongoing
> problem. I've been through re-registering every .dll listed in your link, and
> it still hasn't worked.
>
> At this point, how, if at all, is it possible to just reinstall the
> crypto-service from scratch?
>
> "Newbie Coder" wrote:
>
> > Josh,
> >
> > What version of DirectX are you trying to install & are you using the
> > redistributable?
> >
> > What is the error message you get when trying to start Ctyptography?
> >
> > What is the error in the event log? START | RUN | Type 'eventvwr.msc' (without
> > quotes) & press ENTER
> >
> > Here's an article which 'maybe' of some use too:
> >
> > http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_014.html
> >
> > --
> > Newbie Coder
> > (It's just a name)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "jedi-josh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:6F5B13FD-E587-4031-A41B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I am unable to reinstall or update DirectX at all, which is increasingly
> > > becoming a hassle. According to the DXError log, it's because my
> > > cryptographic services isn't running. I can't enable them in my
> > > "services.msc". How do I fix my crypto service problem so that I can get
> > > DirectX to reinstall?
> >
> >
> >