Change sa password error

Hi all,
I have a customer who is trying to change their sa password
in MSDE 2000 using the sp_password procedure.
When they attempt this, they are returned the following error:
Msg 552, Level 16, State 1, Server abcdef\inst, Procedure
sp_password, Line 63
CryptoAPI function 'CryptAcquireContext' failed. Error
0x80090006: Invalid
Signature.
Can anyone provide any insight into this?
From my own research it seems like there might be a problem
with their crypto library, but I am unsure of how to fix this.
Thanks
Jay
That's not exact, but close to an issue I had trying to run MSDE 2000 on NT
4.0 server. If you run MSDE 2000 on NT 4.0 with >512 MB of RAM, then
CryptoAPI functions have problems. Check out KB321459 on Microsoft.
"Jay" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2b3d01c4a796$3f625b40$a601280a@.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
> I have a customer who is trying to change their sa password
> in MSDE 2000 using the sp_password procedure.
> When they attempt this, they are returned the following error:
> Msg 552, Level 16, State 1, Server abcdef\inst, Procedure
> sp_password, Line 63
> CryptoAPI function 'CryptAcquireContext' failed. Error
> 0x80090006: Invalid
> Signature.
> Can anyone provide any insight into this?
> From my own research it seems like there might be a problem
> with their crypto library, but I am unsure of how to fix this.
> Thanks
> Jay
|||Yes I had already seen that KB.
I forgot to add in my original post that this is on a Win2K
server (SP4) with all latest patches.

>--Original Message--
>That's not exact, but close to an issue I had trying to
run MSDE 2000 on NT
>4.0 server. If you run MSDE 2000 on NT 4.0 with >512 MB
of RAM, then
>CryptoAPI functions have problems. Check out KB321459 on
Microsoft.
|||For the benefit of those who encounter this problem later.
Microsoft advised me to re-install IE to repair the mismatched DLL's.
I am waiting on the client to do this so I can't vouch for it's success, but
thought I would post this as it may help others in the future.
Jay
"Jay" wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a customer who is trying to change their sa password
> in MSDE 2000 using the sp_password procedure.
>