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0xC00004A1: STATUS_EXTERNAL_SYSKEY_NOT_SUPPORTED

Windows Error Code Lookup: Decode Windows error codes: Win32, HRESULT (0x80070005), NTSTATUS, Windows Update, msiexec and blue-screen stop codes, with what to check next.

Paste the number from an error dialog, event log, script or setup log: 0x80070005, 80070005, -2147024891, 1603, 0xC0000005, a stop code like 0x7E, a name like E_ACCESSDENIED, or a few words. You get every way Windows could mean that number (an HRESULT often wraps a Win32 error, so 0x80070005 is "Access is denied" too), its parts decoded, and what to check for the common ones. Names and messages come from the Windows SDK headers and Windows' own message tables; see Microsoft's System Error Codes and [MS-ERREF] for the full references.

Try: 0x80070005, 1603, 0xC0000005, 0x800F081F, 0x8024402C, 0x7E, access denied

0xC00004A1 = 3,221,226,657 = -1073740639

NTSTATUS 0xC00004A1

STATUS_EXTERNAL_SYSKEY_NOT_SUPPORTED

An externally encrypted syskey has been configured, but the system no longer supports this feature. Please see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=851152 for more information.

Becomes the Win32 error: 399ERROR_EXTERNAL_SYSKEY_NOT_SUPPORTED: An externally encrypted syskey has been configured, but the system no longer supports this feature. Please see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=851152 for more information.

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility0 (0x000)
Code1185 (0x04A1)