Microsoft KB Archive/281260

= A Certificate Request That Uses a New Template Is Unsuccessful =

Article ID: 281260

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q281260



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you try to enroll for a certificate against an enterprise certification authority (CA), you may receive one of the following error messages:

Web enrollment:

Certificate Request Denied

Your certificate request was denied.

Contact your administrator for further information.

Certificate Request Wizard:

The certification authority denied your request. Unspecified error.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur if the certificate enrollment request is using a recently-created certificate template. When a new template is added to the CA, the  cache is immediately updated but the   cache is not immediately updated. The  cache is updated in the next 15 minutes if the CA or the domain controller are on the same computer, and in the next 10 minutes if the CA or the domain controller are in a distributed configuration.



RESOLUTION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To resolve this behavior, if you cannot wait for the applicable length of time, you can manually update the certificate template cache. The cache for computer certificates is in  and the cache for user certificates is in.  To force the cache update for a user certificate request, delete the following registry value from the client:



To force the cache update for a computer certificate request:  Delete the following registry value from the client:

 Delete the following registry value from the CA:

 Restart the Certificate Services on the CA.</ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
In addition to the preceding error message, the CA logs the following event message in the program log: Event Type: Warning

Event Source: CertSvc

Event Category: None

Event ID: 53

Date: 08/14/2000

Time: 05:13:00

User: N/A

Computer:

Description:

Certificate Services denied request 4 because the requested certificate template is not supported by this CA. 0x80094800 (-2146875392). The request was for \. Additional information: Denied by Policy Module

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB281260

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