Schannel Error 36888

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I am getting this Schannel Error 36888 over and over and over again. There NOTHING listed on the help site about it. I have no idea what it is, but my computer is crashing over and over again. I don't know if this is the reason, but it seems to be the most frequent event listed in the event viewer.

I restored my computer to the image I made after the initial installation back in July, and did this only after going back to restore points to 12/6/09.

It does not seem to be a Windows O/S issue or else these various restores would have fixed it. Nothing else has changed though. No new hardware added and any external devices I did have connected, I have disconnected to rule them out. All I have connected is one external hard drive (which I need for my backups) and the keyboard and mouse.

The computer goes to a blue screen, usually after doing something like opening Windows Explorer or something like that. Just sitting idle, it doesn't seem to happen. Or at least not as often.

What is Schannel Error 36888. I found posting on different sites but none that are conclusive or tell me what EXCATLY to do about it.

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Getting the same error. Just installed Trial Version of Outlook 2010 and noticed the message.

The error occurs when I allow Outlook to set up e-mail accounts on its own. The first try is on a encrypted connection which fails, then the option to use an unencrypted connection succeeds. The error happens during the encrypted attempts and occurs 3 times in succession.

My POP3 server just uses a password, so it seems the attempts to use a encrypted protocol is involved. But maybe someone who understands more about how it works will know what type of scenarios might generate such an error.

Also I notice if I let Outlook set up the accounts, it will succeed using the incorrect server name. Mine are pop-server instead of just pop, but Outlook sets it up anyway. But e-mail access does not generate the error even using the wrong server name.

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2016-03-03T04:25:47+00:00

It did come back but whatever it is it doesn't keep my box awake like the full online account does.

I read that it is recreated (in my case) for using Windows XP Mode, for others using W-Live stuff.
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Anonymous

2016-03-03T01:01:35+00:00

Yes TG I have that as well, I removed it & will see if it comes back after a reboot tonight.
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Anonymous

2016-03-03T00:23:53+00:00

Hi csiPost,

Thanks for the info. My Account is local also, BUT (old habits die hard) in Control Panel>Credential Manager>Windows Credentials and scroll way down, I still see an account under "virtualapp/didlogical" and have been told that is a link to a Hotmail account, so even if we think we are only local, M$ is still sneaking an account in on us. I mentioned I disabled Credential Management, and deleted that "account" but if I log into Hotmail, it always comes back.

Check yours and let me know if you see the same. Just curious... here's a pic of what I get, FYI:

Don't know why or how, but it always comes back... ?? BTW, I NEVER check things like 'keep me logged in' on sites, which I understand would also create an account here.

Go Figure. My sfc /scannow comes back clean, but others have updates here that sfc doesn't really do anything anymore.

ThatGirl
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Anonymous

2016-03-02T21:30:41+00:00

Thanks D, good to know about sfc, another useless tool now, guess that's why mine is clean!

I also get lots of the D-com timeouts from 2 different servers, though I use Bitdefender A/V.

Though I don't what stopped it, still no sChannels have returned for me, knock on wood.
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