Schannel Error 36888

Anonymous
2009-12-24T01:59:46+00:00

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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Anonymous
2011-10-31T15:24:32+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-28T18:09:21+00:00

    Every time I have seen this error, I would also see DCOM errors. Once I fixed the DCOM problem, these went away.

    Hope this helps someone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-07T13:52:33+00:00

    DO NOT TURN OF TLS. IT IS USED TO SECURE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-31T15:43:38+00:00

    My box is still clean of all Schannels.

    Don't know what fixed it, maybe FF Nightly patch, cause I still use Outlook2010

    and never had Skype installed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-31T07:38:37+00:00

    I am running Windows 10 now and started up Skype again, to see if anything had changed. Received several Skype updates. After 24 hours I checked Event Viewer and got 224 Schannel errors Event 36888 in 24 hours saying:

    A fatal alert was generated and sent to the remote endpoint. This may result in termination of the connection. The TLS protocol defined fatal error code is 10. The Windows SChannel error state is 10.

     It does not appear to do any damage, but I fail to understand why Microsoft does not eradicate this error in Skype. I am quitting Skype again. No Schannel errors then.

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