I bought a Smart Card reader. Its instruction manual directs the user to "disable the 'Certificate Propagation' service from Service.msc in order for the card reader to function properly under Windows 7."
Should I do that?
Is the smart card reader labeled as plug and play? If yes, see the first note in this TechNet bulletin:
Certificate Propagation Service
Well try the Smart Card Reader first. If it doesn't work with the Certificate Propagation enabled, then go ahead and disable it.
After reading the Technet bulletin that marsmimar provides a link to, which points out that the scope of the "Ceritificate Propagation" service is only confined to the plugging-in of a Smart Card into a Smart Card Reader (not something system-wide), I tried, as SlasherIT suggests, disabling the service. And my card reader now works fine.
Thank you, people.
Last edited by drkh; 19 Jul 2011 at 23:07.
Glad to hear everything is working! Thanks for posting back.
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