Our users (domain accts with roaming profiles) have recently started t
encounter the subject error when using Visual Studio .Net 2003.  I foun
a knowledgebase article, 823245, indicating the fix is to start th
protected storage service, but this was already running automatically.
I am reluctant to reinstall the software on all of these machines as th
article ultimately suggests.  I found other folks on the web havin
similar problems, but one in particula
(http://www.vbug.co.uk/technicalsupport/topicposts.asp?CID=1&TID=108
had a nice tie to an article pinpointing the proble
(http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2011522.asp).

"This problem is caused by the Visual Studio .NET IDE failing to get
Cryptographic Service Provider from "::CryptAcquireContext()". When thi
fails, Visual Studio .NET fails to load any packages, including th
Crystal Reports package."

As the problem doesn't appear to affect local computer accounts, I wa
wondering if any of you had encountered and solved this problem.

Thanks in advance.
Dean Halte