Certificate Services

Hello.
I am getting a very odd error message when I try to start the Certificate
Services service. I get an error message saying "Catastrophic failure
Unexpected method call sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113)". When I check the
Event log, in the Application Log I get error ID 17. The complete error
message is:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: CertSvc
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 8/3/2005
Time: 11:54:06 AM
User: N/A
Computer: <server>
Description:
Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database
connection for <CAserver>. Catastrophic failure Unexpected method call
sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113).

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

I have tried doing a repair install of Windows, uninstalling and
reinstalling Certificate Services countless times, manually deleting the
CertLog and CerSrv folders and all of the certificates created. However, for
some reason, I cannot figure this out. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Gopi
Sat Aug 06 09:02:45 CDT 2005

Hello
Try this link, it may helpful.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q241060


"Jardyus" <yussilATjunoDOT(REMOVE ALL CAPS)com> wrote in message
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> Hello.
> I am getting a very odd error message when I try to start the Certificate
> Services service. I get an error message saying "Catastrophic failure
> Unexpected method call sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113)". When I check
> the Event log, in the Application Log I get error ID 17. The complete
> error message is:
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: CertSvc
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 17
> Date: 8/3/2005
> Time: 11:54:06 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: <server>
> Description:
> Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database
> connection for <CAserver>. Catastrophic failure Unexpected method call
> sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113).
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> I have tried doing a repair install of Windows, uninstalling and
> reinstalling Certificate Services countless times, manually deleting the
> CertLog and CerSrv folders and all of the certificates created. However,
> for some reason, I cannot figure this out. Any help is appreciated. Thank
> you.
>

Gopi
Sat Aug 06 09:05:49 CDT 2005

Microsoft says that if you use non-International Alphabet 5 characters in
the names of Windows 2000 computers, the Certificate Services Setup won't
work. They may fix this limitation in the future, but for now, stick to IA5
characters.

"Jardyus" <yussilATjunoDOT(REMOVE ALL CAPS)com> wrote in message
news:O4CYYeEmFHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hello.
> I am getting a very odd error message when I try to start the Certificate
> Services service. I get an error message saying "Catastrophic failure
> Unexpected method call sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113)". When I check
> the Event log, in the Application Log I get error ID 17. The complete
> error message is:
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: CertSvc
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 17
> Date: 8/3/2005
> Time: 11:54:06 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: <server>
> Description:
> Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database
> connection for <CAserver>. Catastrophic failure Unexpected method call
> sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113).
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> I have tried doing a repair install of Windows, uninstalling and
> reinstalling Certificate Services countless times, manually deleting the
> CertLog and CerSrv folders and all of the certificates created. However,
> for some reason, I cannot figure this out. Any help is appreciated. Thank
> you.
>

Jardyus
Mon Aug 08 08:45:35 CDT 2005

Thanks for the link. I do not have any DSNs (User or System). When I try to
create a System DSN following the instructions in the link, I cannot because
there is no .mdb file in the CertLog folder. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
"Gopi" <gopigopi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
> Try this link, it may helpful.
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q241060
>
>
> "Jardyus" <yussilATjunoDOT(REMOVE ALL CAPS)com> wrote in message
> news:O4CYYeEmFHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hello.
>> I am getting a very odd error message when I try to start the Certificate
>> Services service. I get an error message saying "Catastrophic failure
>> Unexpected method call sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113)". When I check
>> the Event log, in the Application Log I get error ID 17. The complete
>> error message is:
>> Event Type: Error
>> Event Source: CertSvc
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 17
>> Date: 8/3/2005
>> Time: 11:54:06 AM
>> User: N/A
>> Computer: <server>
>> Description:
>> Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database
>> connection for <CAserver>. Catastrophic failure Unexpected method call
>> sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113).
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> I have tried doing a repair install of Windows, uninstalling and
>> reinstalling Certificate Services countless times, manually deleting the
>> CertLog and CerSrv folders and all of the certificates created. However,
>> for some reason, I cannot figure this out. Any help is appreciated. Thank
>> you.
>>
>
>

Jardyus
Mon Aug 08 09:03:15 CDT 2005

All characters are IA5 (this is a W2K3 server).
"Gopi" <gopigopi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23IZcj%23omFHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft says that if you use non-International Alphabet 5 characters in
> the names of Windows 2000 computers, the Certificate Services Setup won't
> work. They may fix this limitation in the future, but for now, stick to
> IA5 characters.
>
> "Jardyus" <yussilATjunoDOT(REMOVE ALL CAPS)com> wrote in message
> news:O4CYYeEmFHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hello.
>> I am getting a very odd error message when I try to start the Certificate
>> Services service. I get an error message saying "Catastrophic failure
>> Unexpected method call sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113)". When I check
>> the Event log, in the Application Log I get error ID 17. The complete
>> error message is:
>> Event Type: Error
>> Event Source: CertSvc
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 17
>> Date: 8/3/2005
>> Time: 11:54:06 AM
>> User: N/A
>> Computer: <server>
>> Description:
>> Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database
>> connection for <CAserver>. Catastrophic failure Unexpected method call
>> sequence. 0x8000ffff (-2147418113).
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> I have tried doing a repair install of Windows, uninstalling and
>> reinstalling Certificate Services countless times, manually deleting the
>> CertLog and CerSrv folders and all of the certificates created. However,
>> for some reason, I cannot figure this out. Any help is appreciated. Thank
>> you.
>>
>
>