ID: Q195648
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
When you install personal certificates from a certificate server, you can install and use only 16. If you install a 17th certificate, all the certificates in your personal certificates list disappear, and the functionality for all the personal certificates is lost.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
To work around this issue, use Registry Editor to delete personal certificates in the following registry key until there are only 16 (or fewer):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My\Certificates
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words:
Keywords : kbenv msiew95 msient
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprbLast Reviewed: March 19, 1999