Microsoft KB Archive/223034

= Client Authentication Certificate Request Fails: Object Doesn't Support This Property or Method =

Article ID: 223034

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q223034



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SYMPTOMS
When you request a Client Authentication Certificate on the Certificate Enrollment Form from Microsoft Certificate Server, one of the following error messages may occur:

CERTIFICATE SERVER

You have submitted an empty string which indicates that an error has occurred on your machine. Please verify the data you have submitted is valid and that a PKCS10 is being correctly generated by your machine.

Error

A Runtime Error has occured.

Do you wish to Debug?

Line: 77

Error: Object doesn't support this property or method

This error message can also occur if you try to create the *.pvk and *.spc with commas in the request.



CAUSE
This is a known issue with Xenroll.dll included with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT version 4.0. For additional information, see the following article or articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



MORE INFORMATION
The problematic Xenroll.dll file is version 1, 0, 0, 1.

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