How-Do-I: re-creating the cryptsvc service

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When I enter: "net start cryptsvc" and the result is: "The service name
is invalid".

It is my understanding that the RegKey:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost\netsvcs

should have "cryptsvc" somewhere in it, for me it is does not.

Do I re-create the cryptsvc by the SC command? Could someone provide an
example? (I have read the documentation for SC but it does not give me
all I need to create this particular service.)

(Using regsvr32 cryptsvc.dll does not work; should it?)

thanks
 
When I enter: "net start cryptsvc" and the result is: "The service name
is invalid".

It is my understanding that the RegKey:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost\netsvcs

should have "cryptsvc" somewhere in it, for me it is does not.

Do I re-create the cryptsvc by the SC command? Could someone provide an
example? (I have read the documentation for SC but it does not give me
all I need to create this particular service.)

(Using regsvr32 cryptsvc.dll does not work; should it?)

thanks
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Service keys are at HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services

"Cryptographic Services","CryptSvc"

See tip 9136 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
Well, I screwed up....

"cryptsvc" does not exist on Windows 2000. So I am wrong to ask about
"net start cryptsvc" in this newsgroup.

(I am completely confused due to a massive overload of faulty and
misleading half-way-written websites mostly about XP services info.)

AFAIK -- now --, the "Cryptographic Services" for Windows 2000 is not
know by the tag (or ID or whatever) "cryptvc". I thought it was.

But, I need to learn whatever I can about "Cryptographic Services" for
Windows 2000, especially starting them because when trying to upgrade
Windows it complains about said service not started.
 
Well, I screwed up....

"cryptsvc" does not exist on Windows 2000. So I am wrong to ask about
"net start cryptsvc" in this newsgroup.

(I am completely confused due to a massive overload of faulty and
misleading half-way-written websites mostly about XP services info.)

AFAIK -- now --, the "Cryptographic Services" for Windows 2000 is not
know by the tag (or ID or whatever) "cryptvc". I thought it was.

But, I need to learn whatever I can about "Cryptographic Services" for
Windows 2000, especially starting them because when trying to upgrade
Windows it complains about said service not started.
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Try exploring from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windows2000.mspx


Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
hey man -- im in the same boat!

i need to install a cert via MMC on a w2k webserver, but it's
complaining about the Cryptographic Services not being installed, etc.


i too found websites and people saying to start the service, even tho
there *isnt* that service in w2k...

did you find a solution?


matt
 
No solution. It is possible that the services are running (as part of
the "core" W2K services I think) and that, for me, some how Micrososft
is "not trusted" causing things to fail.

I have several of the error messages under the mass of mess on desk....
(thousands of tiny little messages all different!).

Basically, I can't install Microsoft software nor will Windows Update
work.

I have to go find those error messages. All MS KB articles dealing with
the errors I keep seeing fail to fix my problem. (I can't install
service packs and some solutions say to install service packs!)

When I get my act together I will probably start a new thread.
 
hey, look into the setreg command

setreg 10 false

that looks like it will help me.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/seccrypto/security/setreg.asp

good luck!

hey man -- im in the same boat!

i need to install a cert via MMC on a w2k webserver, but it's
complaining about the Cryptographic Services not being installed, etc.


i too found websites and people saying to start the service, even tho
there *isnt* that service in w2k...

did you find a solution?


matt
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