Some of the posts I saw about the topic in other places (e.g. the OpenOffice.org one) seemed to suggest to me that it was local installs as well, but am I not sure I understood the remarks correctly.
Incidentally: my chain of command has raised it with the folks that maintain / have access to our support at Microsoft. I have also requested some VMs be set up so I can do some investigation on my own, but before a long weekend ... Keith Douglas Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-854-5589 Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-4674 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: August-29-14 2:24 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SECREPAIR: CryptAcquireContext: Could not create the default key container Is this happening primarily in domains or networks? This may or may not be connected, but I'm wondering if that's a common theme, and other occurrences of this tend to suggest that trusting the computer or the user to allow delegation might be a fix. --------------- Phil Wilson On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> wrote: > It also happens with a clean install in my scenario. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Sertel [mailto:sascha.ser...@gmail.com] > Sent: 28 August 2014 22:28 > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SECREPAIR: CryptAcquireContext: Could not > create the default key container > > @Neil: That's good to know, and great to have an easy repro, I'm sure > Microsoft will need that to come up with a fix. But this still only affects > the upgrade case, or does it happen on first install for you as well? In my > case it's only on (minor) upgrade, fresh install works fine. > > This makes me wonder even more why others aren't affected by this, maybe most > people simply don't update their Windows machines with the latest updates > that often? I update my test machine regularly exactly for this scenario > where a new KB update breaks something. > > // Sascha > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> > wrote: > >> Our install isn't any of those :-) >> WiX 3.7, Per Machine, No bootstrapper, No managed CA >> >> I can reproduce the issue with a very minimal MSI, no UI, only >> installs 1 file. >> >> Neil >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sascha Sertel [mailto:sascha.ser...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 28 August 2014 21:31 >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SECREPAIR: CryptAcquireContext: Could not >> create the default key container >> >> @Neil: Yes, for us removing KB2918614 fixed the error and got us back >> to working state. No other workaround known at this time. >> >> I've been trying to figure out why this only seems to affect certain MSIs. >> Here some parameters that might be relevant: >> - WiX 3.8 >> - per-User install, no elevated privileges >> - Custom managed bootstrapper on .NET 4.0 >> - Custom managed action >> >> Since this is reproducible directly with the MSI already I don't >> think it has anything to do with the bundle or any of the bundle parameters. >> >> The KB2918614 information website shows that Msi.dll and other >> related binaries are being replaced, I wish there was some more >> information on what they actually changed in Windows Installer, that >> would probably help locate where these issues are coming from and what >> scenarios trigger them. >> >> // Sascha >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Neil Sleightholm >> <n...@x2systems.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I have seen that reported but I think it is slightly different. >> > Does removing kb2918614 fix it? >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Matt O'Connell [mailto:techsupport...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: 26 August 2014 11:35 >> > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SECREPAIR: CryptAcquireContext: Could not >> > create the default key container >> > >> > We get a slightly different error out of CryptAcquireContext, ours >> > follow this pattern: >> > MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:837]: SECREPAIR: Hash Database: >> > C:\Windows\Installer\SourceHash{xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx >> > } MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:837]: SECREPAIR: SourceHash database >> > file already exists. Deleting it. >> > MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:839]: Note: 1: 2262 2: SourceHash 3: >> > -2147287038 MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:852]: SECREPAIR: New Hash >> > Database creation complete. >> > MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:854]: SECREPAIR: A general error running >> > CryptAcquireContext MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:854]: SECREPAIR: >> > Crypt Provider not initialized. Error:0 MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:859]: >> > SECREPAIR: A general error running CryptAcquireContext MSI (s) >> > (28:BC) >> > [10:47:26:859]: SECREPAIR: Crypt Provider not initialized. Error:0 >> > MSI >> > (s) >> > (28:BC) [10:47:26:860]: SECREPAIR: A general error running >> > CryptAcquireContext MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:860]: SECREPAIR: >> > Crypt Provider not initialized. Error:0 MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:861]: >> > SECREPAIR: A general error running CryptAcquireContext MSI (s) >> > (28:BC) >> > [10:47:26:861]: SECREPAIR: Crypt Provider not initialized. Error:0 >> > MSI >> > (s) >> > (28:BC) [10:47:26:862]: SECREPAIR: A general error running >> > CryptAcquireContext MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:862]: SECREPAIR: >> > Crypt Provider not initialized. Error:997 MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:862]: >> > SECUREREPAIR: Failed to CreateContentHash of the file: >> xxxx\xxxxx\xxxx.JPG: >> > for computing its hash. Error: 997 MSI (s) (28:BC) [10:47:26:862]: >> > SECREPAIR: Failed to create hash for the install source files MSI >> > (s) >> > (28:BC) [10:47:26:862]: SECUREREPAIR: SecureRepair Failed. Error >> > code: 3e5F6C634B8 >> > >> > Error 997 being the Windows error 'Overlapped I/O operation is in >> > progress.' >> > >> > On 26/08/2014 11:05, Matt O'Connell wrote: >> > > We've started seeing this a lot recently. >> > > Installed the kb on to Win 7 and Win 8 VMs but it didn't replicate it. >> > > Our customers with the issue are usually running some sort of >> > > antivirus and we presumed it's some kind of conflict with that >> > > but we've had no success with disabling Anti-virus with msconfig. >> > > However removing the kb update has fixed it for at least one >> > > customer. I'm hoping to find a recipe to replicate it but we're >> > > not >> there yet. >> > > >> > > I'm hoping MS find a fix an re-issue the update.:-) >> > > >> > > On 18/08/2014 22:54, Neil Sleightholm wrote: >> > >> Thanks, seen that one and this one >> > >> https://community.logos.com/forums/p/87997/617278.aspx. Both >> > >> look similar. >> > >> >> > >> Neil >> > >> >> > >> -----Original Message----- >> > >> From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] >> > >> Sent: 18 August 2014 20:13 >> > >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SECREPAIR: CryptAcquireContext: Could >> > >> not create the default key container >> > >> >> > >> FYI >> > >> http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/140586-possible-issue-kb >> > >> 2 >> > >> 91 >> > >> 86 14-causing-overlapped-i-o-operation-progress-errors.html >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> View this message in context: >> > >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/SE >> > >> C >> > >> RE >> > >> PA >> > >> IR-CryptAcquireContext-Could-not-create-the-default-key-containe >> > >> r >> > >> -t >> > >> p7 596414p7596418.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list >> > >> archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> - >> > >> -- >> > >> -- >> > >> --------- >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> WiX-users mailing list >> > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > >> >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> - >> > >> -- >> > >> -- >> > >> --------- >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> WiX-users mailing list >> > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > - >> > -- >> > -------- >> > Slashdot TV. >> > Video for Nerds. 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