HRESULT 0x80090001 (NTE_BAD_UID): meaning and diagnosis

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The cryptographic provider rejected the user identifier supplied for the operation.

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NTE_BAD_UID

NTE_BAD_UID means that the cryptographic service provider (CSP) rejected the user or provider identifier associated with the requested operation. It usually points to an invalid provider-specific context rather than a damaged encrypted payload.

What to check

Trace the exact API call and all provider, container, and user-related arguments that were used to acquire the context.
Confirm that the code is not reusing stale provider-specific data after a logon-session, profile, token, or provider change.
Retry only after recreating the cryptographic context from validated configuration.

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