"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> "Eldiener" <Eldiener@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6988D3EA-93FC-4327-8E28-1B05D4108DC8@microsoft.com...
> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >
> >> "Eldiener" <Eldiener@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news
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> >> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "Eldiener" <Eldiener@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:F85BD866-2576-41B3-AA9F-2CE3116E7A0F@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I am on Win2k SP4. I have gotten repeated failures trying to use Microsoft
> >> >> > Update or Windows Update. The failing code is Error Code: 0x8007F0DA . The
> >> >> > last time I posted a message with this error, I received a reply saying that
> >> >> > the Cryptographic Service must be running but there is no Cryptographic
> >> >> > Service under Win2k.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> This article (linked from KB822798 specifically for Windows 2000)
> >> >> would suggest otherwise:
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the link. The article specifically states that the Cryptographic
> >> > Service does not show as a service under Windows 2000. If it does not show,
> >> > there is no way as a user I can change its properties.
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't see anything there as explicit as that.
> >> Care to quote something from it that makes you think that?
> >
> > From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/8227...23120121120120
> > I read:
> >
> > "Method 2: Set Cryptographic Services to automatic
> > Set the Cryptographic Services to Automatic, and then try to install the
> > program again. To set the Cryptographic Services to Automatic, follow these
> > steps:
> > 1. Start the Administrative Tools utility in Control Panel.
> > 2. Double-click Services.
> > 3. Right-click Cryptographic Services, and then click Properties.
> > 4. Click Automatic for Startup type, and then click Start.
> > Note Windows 2000 does not list Cryptographic Services in the SERVICES
> > Administrative Utility."
>
>
> Thanks. Not sure how I missed that. It looks ambiguous to me though.
> Does it mean that W2K has a service which doesn't show
> or does it mean that there is no such service (as you first asserted)?
I first asserted it because I did not see it in the list of Services. I have
no idea if there is really such a service under Win2k, but I expect there may
be because a number of DLLs connected with it appear to exist.
> E.g. otherwise why wouldn't they just more plainly state that the whole
> of Method 2 didn't apply to that OS?
>
>
> Does your OS have the tasklist and sc commands?
I could find neither of these commands. When I look at Task Manager I see no
executable which starts with Crypt...