Certification Authority Service Stops Working After File System Conversion

ID: Q246246

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SYMPTOMS

The Application log may report:

Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database connection for your CA name. Class not registered 0x80040154.

CAUSE

The certification authority (CA) service stops running after you convert your hard disk from the FAT to the NTFS file system.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, uninstall the CA service, and then reinstall it using the same CA name, key pair, and database as in the previous installation.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb