"Cryptography Error 80090020" Error Message When You Try to Start German-Language Terminal Server Licensing (288397)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
This article was previously published under Q288397 SYMPTOMS
When you set up a Windows 2000-based computer with Terminal Server Licensing installed in German, the following error messages may appear in Event Viewer after you run a pageheap utility, enable the License server, and then restart the computer:
Terminal Server Licensing cannot be started due to the following error - code cannot be imported in Cryptography - error 80090020
Terminal Server Licensing cannot be started due to the following error - Cryptography cannot be initialized
The service "Terminal Server Licensing" was terminated with the following server specific error 3221291009
You may also experience an access violation in which the computer stops responding. Also if you turn off the pageheap utility, the issue does not occur.
RESOLUTIONTo 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 English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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03/29/2000 08:13p 5.0.2195.1391 144,656 Dssbase.dll
03/29/2000 08:13p 5.0.2195.1391 146,192 Dssenh.dll
02/06/2001 07:41p 5.0.2195.1391 164,112 Instdss5.dll
03/29/2000 08:13p 5.0.2195.1391 132,368 Rsabase.dll
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/26/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB288397 |
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