Article ID: 837682 - Last Review: July 24, 2007 - Revision: 1.13

Smart card APIs may fail during a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services session

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to use various smart card APIs in a custom program, the APIs may not work correctly in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services session. Your custom program may return the following error message:

SCARD_E_INVALID_PARAMETER
Error: -2146435068 (hex=80100004) Error Description: Method '~' of object '~' failed

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Prerequisites

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IA-64

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   25-Feb-2004  18:45  5.2.3790.132       69,120  Scredir.dll      IA-64
   25-Feb-2004  18:44  5.2.3790.132       27,648  Wscredir.dll     x86
   19-Jan-2004  22:53                        271  Branches.inf
   25-Feb-2004  18:51                     10,119  Kb837682.cat
   25-Feb-2004  18:47                        354  Updatebr.inf
   25-Feb-2004  18:47                      6,530  Update_rtmqfe.inf

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x86

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   25-Feb-2004  18:44  5.2.3790.132       27,648  Scredir.dll      
   19-Jan-2004  22:54                        271  Branches.inf
   25-Feb-2004  18:50                      9,766  Kb837682.cat
   25-Feb-2004  18:45                        354  Updatebr.inf
   25-Feb-2004  18:46                      6,260  Update_rtmqfe.inf

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