Cryptsvc exe

Crypto service almost always churns C: drive and CPU. Resetting the service doesn't help for long. Please help. Some programs are slow in shutting down and crash e. Firefox and Thunderbird and I think the issue is the Crypto services churn. The system seems fine otherwise. Same problem here, Cryptograpic Services taking lots of disk usage after update to 20H2 yesterday.

I have the same problem in and still can't find any solution It may also, stop, but restart on it's own again requiring you to stop it again. I honestly don't know why this works, I found it on another forum and it has helped me out as we've had this issue on over 50 different machines in our office at various times. We have wondered it is all just Windows or if it is Windows conflicting with Carbon Black or Syxsense -- we just don't know.

Anyway, your suggestion has resolved the issue. DarrenLathen , I tried that and cannot rename or delete the directory, as it says it is open in another program, even after stopping the Cryptographic Services service. Any ideas?

Yeah, that usually means the Crypto Svc has restarted on it's own. On a couple machines, I've had to click stop service, then have a file browser open and ready so I can click the catroot2 directory immediately and delete.

Delete, clear the message that it's in use, Delete, clear the message I have NOT tried, but my next step would have been to set the service to disabled, stop it, delete the folder, re-enable and restart. I always managed to get it to go before I got that desperate.

I tried 15 times and can't rename or delete it after stopping service and disabling service startup, or setting it to manual, and also changing it to "take no action" if service fails. We did have a couple we had to disable Carbon Black on in order to get far enough in the PC was almost totally unresponsive but I don't know if you're using that. I want to say the service is part of Windows update functionality, so perhaps if there is an update pending restart or installing, maybe you have to let that run it's course first?

I'm just grasping at straws though. I know it is an incredibly frustrating issues and MS doesn't offer anything in terms of support for what is clearly a common issue with their OS. I had the same problem.

I have been chasing this issue for a month and the fixes discussed here resolved the problem. Specifically, stopping the service and deleting catroot2 folder.

Thank you! Click the "Start" menu, and select "Run. Type " net stop cryptsvc " without quotations , and press "Enter" to temporarily disable the cryptographic service. Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions. I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file.

If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you. Vendor and version information [? Digital signatures [? Hashes [? These are some of the error messages that can appear related to sandboxiecrypto. End Program - sandboxiecrypto.

This program is not responding. What will you do with the file? To help other users, please let us know what you will do with the file: I will keep it I will remove it. What did other users do? When Cryptographic Services service is started in its default configuration, it logs on by using the Network Service account.

If it stops, the management services that are referenced in the preceding paragraphs do not function properly. Skip to main content. You are here Windows services encyclopedia » A Cryptographic Services is composed of the following management services: Catalog Database Service. This service adds, removes, and looks up catalog files, which are used to sign all the files in the operating system. You cannot stop this service during setup. If the service stops after setup, it restarts when it is requested by an application.

Protected Root Service. This service adds and removes Trusted Root Certification Authority certificates.