RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service
pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article
number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft
Download Center:
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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There are two files in the patch
package, a new version of Psbase.dll, the software module that performs
encryption and decryption of the Protected Store and a tool, Keymigrt.exe,
which decrypts and re-encrypts all items currently in the Protected Store.
While the patch ensures that any future data added to the Protected
Store is encrypted using the strongest cryptography available, it cannot
upgrade the protection on items that already exist. The Keymigrt tool is used
for this function. It decrypts what is already in the Protected Store, and then
re-encrypts it using stronger cryptography. This is also true for the Service
Pack. The service pack provides the patch but does not re-encrypt the Protected
Store. To do this you need to download the hotfix, extract the files and run
the keymigrt.exe tool.
The tool is not extracted when you install
the hotfix. To extract the tool, run the hotfix package using the -x option.
This causes the patch files to be extracted into a folder of your choice.
Keymigrt.exe is one of the files in the patch. Please remember that the -x
option does not install the patch.
NOTE: The tool cannot be run unless the patch has already been
installed. On
any post-Service Pack 1 (SP1) Windows 2000-based computer, you do not have to
run the Keymigrt.exe tool if:
- You installed the operating system from slipstreamed media.
This means that SP1 or later was applied to the installation folder before you
installed the operating system from that folder.
-or- - The High Encryption Pack was installed before any
keys were stored. For example, keys are stored when you install CertSvc or request
certificates or when you enable SSL on IIS.
