SGCINST.EXE Appears to Execute but SGC Does Not Work

ID: Q180018

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP3
Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 3.0, 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Sgcinst.exe appears to execute but SGC does not work.

CAUSE

VeriSign used to include the certificate, the intermediate certificates, and the root certificate. They stopped sending the root certificate since it was redundant and ignored. Sgcinst.exe fails because it believes the intermediate certificate was really the root certificate.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) update. For more information on how to obtain the updated version of Schannel.dll, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q148427 : Generic SSL (PCT/TLS) Updates for IIS and MS Internet Products

Additional query words: Schannel.exe Sgcschannel.exe Sgcschnl.exe

Keywords :
Version : winnt:3.0,4.0,4.0 SP3
Platform : winnt
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