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Cannot Install Enterprise Certification Authority On Windows 2008

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Problem:

While trying to install Enterprise CA on Windows 2008 machine you receive an error message: “Installation Succeeded with Errors”.

Symptoms:

In the Event log you see the following Events:

Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority
Date: 4/20/2009 11:06:09 AM
Event ID: 5
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: SYSTEM
Computer: dc1.w2k8microsoft.local
Description:
Active Directory Certificate Services could not find required registry information. The Active Directory Certificate Services may need to be reinstalled.

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 4/20/2009 11:50:57 AM
Event ID: 7023
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: dc1.w2k8microsoft.local
Description:
The Active Directory Certificate Services service terminated with the following error:

Cannot complete this function.

Additionaly when you try to start the certificate service, you receive error message: “Cannot complete this function 0x3eb(win32:1003)”

Resolution:

Check the permission on "CN=Public Key Service,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=Domain,DC=Com", make sure that Enterprise admin and domain admin have full control.

Open Adsiedit.msc and navigate to CN=Public Key Service and check the permission for Domain admins and Enterprise Admins.

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Once you have fixed the permission issue the problem will go away and you can reinstall the CA service.

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