Re: crypt32 event id 8 errors

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Was there a solution for this? I've just started seeing the same message in
Event Viewer. I believe at the time the error is logged, I was on the
internet at a beta site viewing messages.
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Gistcheckin


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "Mike" <mike.hatfield@hatfields.com.au> wrote in message
> news:uHCUVXu7FHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
> ....
> > In the last week or so I've been getting hundreds of crypt32 event id 8
> > messages in the event log.
>
>
> Please describe your connection path (e.g. firewall, proxy, etc.)
> It looks as if you might have a blockage in it for some reason.
> Try to bypass any potential blockages if possible.
> If you are trying to do port blocking be aware that you must allow
> both 80 and 443 (for HTTP and HTTPS) for Windows Update
> and its related sites to work properly.
>
> One known cause of related problems is software called Web Accelerators
> which try to use the Hosts file to speed up DNS lookups. That technique
> is not applicable to sites which have a large number of IP addresses which
> are frequently changed, such as the ones WU uses.
>
>
> > Failed auto update retrieval of third arty root list sequence number from:
> ....
>
> Test the addressability and connectivity of that site name in a cmd window
> (e.g. using nslookup, and ping -n 1 or telnet 80)
>
> www.download.windowsupdate.com
>
>
> Hmm... apparently that whole URL is quite accessible
>
> http://www.download.windowsupdate.co...uthrootseq.txt
>
>
> Alternatively, there should be timestamps on your event log records.
> Try to correlate them with what was happening at that time in the
> WindowsUpdate.log Etc.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
>

"Gistcheckin" <Gistcheckin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94DDB03E-C8DF-4048-B9AC-D5854CBB074C@microsoft.com...
> Was there a solution for this? I've just started seeing the same message in
> Event Viewer. I believe at the time the error is logged, I was on the
> internet at a beta site viewing messages.


Did you try any of the diagnosis I suggested? ; }

If you don't like those suggestions try these instead:

<title>Event ID 8 is logged in the Application log</title>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317541

(Live Search for
crypt32 site:support.microsoft.com
)


HTH

Robert
---


> --
> Gistcheckin
>
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>> "Mike" <mike.hatfield@hatfields.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:uHCUVXu7FHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
>> ....
>> > In the last week or so I've been getting hundreds of crypt32 event id 8
>> > messages in the event log.
>>
>>
>> Please describe your connection path (e.g. firewall, proxy, etc.)
>> It looks as if you might have a blockage in it for some reason.
>> Try to bypass any potential blockages if possible.
>> If you are trying to do port blocking be aware that you must allow
>> both 80 and 443 (for HTTP and HTTPS) for Windows Update
>> and its related sites to work properly.
>>
>> One known cause of related problems is software called Web Accelerators
>> which try to use the Hosts file to speed up DNS lookups. That technique
>> is not applicable to sites which have a large number of IP addresses which
>> are frequently changed, such as the ones WU uses.
>>
>>
>> > Failed auto update retrieval of third arty root list sequence number from:
>> ....
>>
>> Test the addressability and connectivity of that site name in a cmd window
>> (e.g. using nslookup, and ping -n 1 or telnet 80)
>>
>> www.download.windowsupdate.com
>>
>>
>> Hmm... apparently that whole URL is quite accessible
>>
>> http://www.download.windowsupdate.co...uthrootseq.txt
>>
>>
>> Alternatively, there should be timestamps on your event log records.
>> Try to correlate them with what was happening at that time in the
>> WindowsUpdate.log Etc.
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
>> ---
>>
>>
>>

Yes, and thanks, Robert.
--
Gistcheckin


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "Gistcheckin" <Gistcheckin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:94DDB03E-C8DF-4048-B9AC-D5854CBB074C@microsoft.com...
> > Was there a solution for this? I've just started seeing the same message in
> > Event Viewer. I believe at the time the error is logged, I was on the
> > internet at a beta site viewing messages.
>
>
> Did you try any of the diagnosis I suggested? ; }
>
> If you don't like those suggestions try these instead:
>
> <title>Event ID 8 is logged in the Application log</title>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317541
>
> (Live Search for
> crypt32 site:support.microsoft.com
> )
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert
> ---
>
>
> > --
> > Gistcheckin
> >
> >
> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >
> >> "Mike" <mike.hatfield@hatfields.com.au> wrote in message
> >> news:uHCUVXu7FHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
> >> ....
> >> > In the last week or so I've been getting hundreds of crypt32 event id 8
> >> > messages in the event log.
> >>
> >>
> >> Please describe your connection path (e.g. firewall, proxy, etc.)
> >> It looks as if you might have a blockage in it for some reason.
> >> Try to bypass any potential blockages if possible.
> >> If you are trying to do port blocking be aware that you must allow
> >> both 80 and 443 (for HTTP and HTTPS) for Windows Update
> >> and its related sites to work properly.
> >>
> >> One known cause of related problems is software called Web Accelerators
> >> which try to use the Hosts file to speed up DNS lookups. That technique
> >> is not applicable to sites which have a large number of IP addresses which
> >> are frequently changed, such as the ones WU uses.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Failed auto update retrieval of third arty root list sequence number from:
> >> ....
> >>
> >> Test the addressability and connectivity of that site name in a cmd window
> >> (e.g. using nslookup, and ping -n 1 or telnet 80)
> >>
> >> www.download.windowsupdate.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Hmm... apparently that whole URL is quite accessible
> >>
> >> http://www.download.windowsupdate.co...uthrootseq.txt
> >>
> >>
> >> Alternatively, there should be timestamps on your event log records.
> >> Try to correlate them with what was happening at that time in the
> >> WindowsUpdate.log Etc.
> >>
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Robert Aldwinckle
> >> ---
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>