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List:       ms-cryptoapi
Subject:    Re: NTE_BAD_KEYSET error
From:       "Peter Chrapchynski, P.Eng." <chrapchp () BGA ! COM>
Date:       1998-03-25 18:46:36
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If you are using the sample and don't have a default key container then this
call will fail.  You must call
CryptAcquireContext(&hProv, NULL, MS_DEF_PROV, PROV_RSA_FULL,
CRYPT_NEWKEYSET).  You can substitute a conatiner name in place of the NULL.
Otherwise the current user’s logon name is used.

pjc


-----Original Message-----
From: Kaynam Hedayat <Kaynam_Hedayat@PICTEL.COM>
To: CryptoAPI@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM <CryptoAPI@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 12:07 PM
Subject: NTE_BAD_KEYSET error


>Hi,
>
>I am trying one of the sample codes and the call to CryptAcquireContext()
>fails withe the NTE_BAD_KEYSET error.  I have Win/NT WS 4.0 (SP3).  The
>CryptoAPI reference states that "The registry entry for the key container
>could not be opened and may not exist".  I am not sure what this means.  Am
>I missing something on the system?  The code segment is shown below.
>
>   // Get handle to the default provider.
>   if(!CryptAcquireContext(&hProv, NULL, NULL, PROV_RSA_SIG, 0)) {
>        printf("Error %x during CryptAcquireContext!\n", GetLastError());
>        goto done;
>    }
>
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>Kaynam
>
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