can't start cryptographic service to install SP1

[joshua topp]

I getthe following error whne I try to start the serviice:

The Cryptographic Services service terminated with the
following error:
The specified procedure could not be found.


This means that I can't start SP1.

Any ideas?

 

[joshua topp]

Kelly,

I have already tried this. It didn't work.

Teh Crypto service winnnot start at all.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Josh.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Joshua,

Go to Start/Run and type in CMD. At the command prompt, type the following
commands, pressing ENTER after each line:

net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 oldcatroot2
net start cryptsvc


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I getthe following error whne I try to start the serviice:

The Cryptographic Services service terminated with the
following error:
The specified procedure could not be found.


This means that I can't start SP1.

Any ideas?

.