Microsoft KB Archive/246246

= Certification Authority Service Stops Working After File System Conversion =

Article ID: 246246

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q246246



SYMPTOMS
The Application log may report:

Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database connection for. 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 that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB246246

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