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Installing Problems - 'Key not valid for use in specified state.'

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  Installing Problems - 'Key not valid for use in specified state.' FreddieH <frhorton2000@gmail.com> - 2014-08-22 04:51 -0700
    Re: Installing Problems - 'Key not valid for use in specified state.' Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-08-22 08:57 -0600
    Re: Installing Problems - 'Key not valid for use in specified state.' djhorton46 <djhorton46@gmail.com> - 2014-08-27 17:35 -0500

#76786 — Installing Problems - 'Key not valid for use in specified state.'

I am having trouble installing Python on my Windows 7 (x64) Laptop.
The MSI file for Python 3.4.1 that I have downloaded got to the set up page containing 'Please wait while the Installer installs Python 3.4.1' and asks for administrator permission to continue the installation.
After I give administrator permission to continue with the install, it gives me the error pop up 'Key not valid for use in specified state.'
After some googling I can see that this is a problem with some installer packages but I have not yet found a solution to this problem. In addition to the googling, I talked to the people on the Windows IRC channel at freenode [webchat.freenode.net/?channels=windows] but they too were unable to find a problem . They said that the installer package was corrupted and that I should contact support.
I have also tried using other versions python installers but they return the same error.

Thank you for your time,
Freddie Horton

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On 08/22/2014 05:51 AM, FreddieH wrote:
> I am having trouble installing Python on my Windows 7 (x64) Laptop.
> The MSI file for Python 3.4.1 that I have downloaded got to the set up page containing 'Please wait while the Installer installs Python 3.4.1' and asks for administrator permission to continue the installation.
> After I give administrator permission to continue with the install, it gives me the error pop up 'Key not valid for use in specified state.'
> After some googling I can see that this is a problem with some installer packages but I have not yet found a solution to this problem. In addition to the googling, I talked to the people on the Windows IRC channel at freenode [webchat.freenode.net/?channels=windows] but they too were unable to find a problem . They said that the installer package was corrupted and that I should contact support.
> I have also tried using other versions python installers but they return the same error.

The problem isn't with the installer, but with Windows.  A quick google
search reveals that deleting (rename for backup purposes) the following
directory should help:

C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA

I usually would rename it to something like RSA.corrupted.  Then after
things were working again, I'd delete it.

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#77168

I had a problem installing Java 8 update. Got two different messages: Error 1603 and Key not valid for use in specified state.

I had checked for malware and viruses beforehand and found nothing.

I renamed User/Appdata/roaming/Microsoft/crypto/RSA to RSAcorrupt and tried installing again. It worked successfully.

Dave Horton
http://compgroups.net/comp.lang.python/

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