| Event Id | 8247 |
| Source | Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-Psync |
| Description | Error occured in acquiring handle to Cryptographic Service Provider. Error=%1 |
| Event Information | According to Microsoft : Cause This event is logged when Error occured in acquiring handle to Cryptographic Service Provider. Resolution Fix possible failures for Win32 API Password Synchronization is unable to update a user password because it experienced a failure attempting to call a Windows API. Read the full text of the error message in Event Viewer to obtain the exact Windows error code. To correct the error, try the following steps in order, moving on to the next step only if the current action failed to clear the error condition: Free virtual memory by closing unused applications. Restart the Password Synchronization service. Restart the computer on which the error was generated. Verify To verify the functional state of UNIX to Windows password synchronization, retry UNIX to Windows password synchronization. UNIX to Windows password synchronization is fully operational when the password synchronization succeeds, and functioning with warning conditions present if password synchronization fails for some passwords but succeeds for others. If password synchronization succeeds for some passwords but fails for others, the UNIX to Windows Password Synchronization Service is likely fully operational, but there might be account- or computer-specific configuration problems preventing password changes from being synchronized on UNIX-based hosts. |
| Reference Links | Event ID 8247 from Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-Psync |
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