IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it
if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the
"Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a
Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
SYMPTOMS
After an unattended installation of the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack,
including Certificate Server version 1.0, the Certificate Authority
service fails to start. The following application event log entry is
generated:
Source: CertSvc
Event ID: 17
Description: "The Certificate Server did not start: Unable to
initialize the database connection for CA COMPUTERNAME. The error code
is 0xffffffff."
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that
may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry
Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys
And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and
Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics
in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit
it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency
Repair Disk (ERD).
To work around this problem, run the following REGEDIT or REGINI script to
create the "CertSrv" ODBC data source after the unattended Setup completes
and you have restarted the server.
Please note that the path specified in the "Driver" and "DBQ" entries must
be adjusted according to the actual configuration.
REGEDIT script file (CERTSRV.REG):
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\odbc.ini\CertSrv]
"Driver"="C:\\WINNT\\System32\\odbcjt32.dll"
"DBQ"="C:\\WINNT\\System32\\CertLog\\certsrv.mdb"
"DriverId"=dword:00000019
"SafeTransactions"=dword:00000000
"UID"="Admin"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\odbc.ini\CertSrv\Engines\Jet]
"ImplicitCommitSync"="Yes"
"Threads"=dword:00000003
"UserCommitSync"="Yes"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\odbc.ini\ODBC Data Sources]
"CertSrv"="Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)"
The Regedit.exe utility is included with Windows NT Server 4.0. It can be
run in silent mode by using the /S command-line option. A sample command
line is:
REGEDIT /S C:\CERTSRV.REG
REGINI script file:
\Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\ODBC\odbc.ini
CertSrv
Driver = C:\WINNT\System32\odbcjt32.dll
DBQ = C:\WINNT\System32\CertLog\certsrv.mdb
DriverId = REG_DWORD 0x00000019
SafeTransactions = REG_DWORD 0x00000000
UID = Admin
Engines
Jet
ImplicitCommitSync = Yes
Threads = REG_DWORD 0x00000003
UserCommitSync = Yes
ODBC Data Sources
CertSrv = Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)
Regini.exe is a utility to manipulate the registry either locally or
remotely using a script file. This utility is included with the Windows NT
Server Resource Kit.