Certificate Import Error – ‘Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005’
KB ID 0000818 Problem Seen on Windows Server 2012 when trying to complete a certificate request. There was an error while trying to perform this operation Details: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) Solution 1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to; C:ProgramDataMicrosoftCryptoRSAMachineKeys Note: ProgramData is a hidden folder. 2. Open the folder properties > Security > Advanced >...
NDES – Fails to Issue Certificates (Signature Algorithm)
KB ID 0001021 Problem I was trying to enroll some ASA firewalls to NDES to get some certificates. Each time the process failed with the following error. % Error in receiving Certificate Authority certificate: status = FAIL, cert length = 0 That’s a pretty generic error, and does not give me a lot to go on. So I thought I would try from another network device, (a Cisco Catalyst switch). It’s a little easier to...
Add a 2012 Domain Controller to a 2008 Domain
KB ID 0000680 Problem This is considerably less painfull than adding a 2008/2008 R2 domain controller to a 2003 domain was. You dont have to maually prep the schema on the schema master, or run forestprep and domainprep. The wizard does everything for you. Solution 1. Launch server manager from the taskbar > Select Local Server > Manage > Add Roles and Features. 2. Role Based… > Next. 3. Select local server >...
Server 2012 – ‘The Active Directory Services Installation Wizard is relocated in Server Manager’
KB ID 0000714 Problem I’ve already written about promoting or adding a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller; Add a Server 2012 Domain Controller to a 2008 Domain But if you attempt to run ‘dcpromo’ from command line, you will see this error, and a link to a Technet article. (Perhaps a clickable link to a picture showing where dcpromo now lives would be better!) Solution Note: I’m assuming you have already...
Server 2012 – Windows Update Error ‘8024402C’
KB ID 0000715 Problem I saw this on a freshly built Server 2012 (Datacenter) server this morning. Solution First discount the obvious, make sure this server has internet access and is not going out via a proxy server, (unless you have configured the proxy properly for Windows Updates). In my case the fix was simple, I’m assuming that because it was a new server, it was waiting on a reboot to do something with the Windows Update...