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NTE_KEYSET_ENTRY_BAD
NTE_KEYSET_ENTRY_BAD means that the registered key-container entry is invalid or corrupted. The provider can find the container reference but cannot use it safely as a valid key container.
Recovery steps for NTE_KEYSET_ENTRY_BAD
- Check whether the key material, user profile, or token-backed storage was restored or migrated incompletely.
- Use the provider's supported repair, reenrollment, or reimport process to restore a known-good key container.
- Back up and validate any recoverable key material before removing damaged state.
Microsoft: CryptAcquireContext
Diagnostic interpretation
This result has the HRESULT value 0x8009001A. AllStat records the condition as “Keyset as registered is invalid.”.
Evidence to capture
- Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions this result or the nte / keyset / entry operation.
- Reproduce this result with the smallest valid input and note whether the result changes with identity, architecture, service state, or target object.
Retry and recovery
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