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Posted by Jardyus on August 8, 2005, 10:03 am
Please log in for more thread options All characters are IA5 (this is a W2K3 server).
> Microsoft says that if you use non-International Alphabet 5 characters in
> the names of Windows 2000 computers, the Certificate Services Setup won't
> work. They may fix this limitation in the future, but for now, stick to
> IA5 characters.
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> "Jardyus" <yussilATjunoDOT(REMOVE ALL CAPS)com> wrote in message
>> Hello.
>> I am getting a very odd error message when I try to start the Certificate
>> Services service. I get an error message saying "Catastrophic failure
>> Unexpected method call sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113)". When I check
>> the Event log, in the Application Log I get error ID 17. The complete
>> error message is:
>> Event Type: Error
>> Event Source: CertSvc
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 17
>> Date: 8/3/2005
>> Time: 11:54:06 AM
>> User: N/A
>> Computer: <server>
>> Description:
>> Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database
>> connection for <CAserver>. Catastrophic failure Unexpected method call
>> sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113).
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> I have tried doing a repair install of Windows, uninstalling and
>> reinstalling Certificate Services countless times, manually deleting the
>> CertLog and CerSrv folders and all of the certificates created. However,
>> for some reason, I cannot figure this out. Any help is appreciated. Thank
>> you.
>>
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