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We have an Enterprise Root CA running on Server 2012 R2. I built a replacement server running Server 2019 and followed the steps in the below article, I backed up the CA and relevant registry keys, then restored them to the new server. I followed every step exactly. https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/migrate-root-ca-to-a-new-server

When trying to start the CA services, I get an error stating "certificate services won't start 0x80090016 (-2146893802 nte_bad_keyset)"

Bad_KeySet_Error

In event viewer the error is slightly longer but is pretty much the same...

active directory certificate services did not start: could not load or verify the current ca certificate. keyset does not exist 0x80090016 (-2146893802 nte_bad_keyset).

I've been researching for hours but cannot find a solution. I saw a suggestion to create a new certificate and key but that's not an option for us due to our AOVPN relying on the current root CA certificate.

Greg Askew
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