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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Anonymous

2015-11-07T13:52:33+00:00

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

2016-02-01T15:15:46+00:00

I'm working on a computer getting this same schannel error in the Event Viewer and it isn't using Skype or Outlook at all. Sounds like it's been a known issue for years and MS's response has been to ignore it. That's great to know.
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Anonymous

2016-02-21T04:00:51+00:00

Hi,

I have found about many errors over time related to schannel- I have gotten the schannel error 10:

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.

and just kind of ignored it.

BUT, just TODAY I have received (a group of 20) errors:

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 43. The Windows SChannel error state is 252.

Log Name:      System

Source:        Schannel

Date:          02/20/16 2:26:48 AM

Event ID:      36888

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:

User:          SYSTEM

Computer:      LittleWing

Description:

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 43. The Windows SChannel error state is 252.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

    <Provider Name="Schannel" Guid="{1F678132-5938-4686-9FDC-C8FF68F15C85}" />

    <EventID>36888</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-02-20T08:26:48.505308000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>55639</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="696" ThreadID="5084" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>LittleWing</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />

</System>

<EventData>

    <Data Name="AlertDesc">43</Data>

    <Data Name="ErrorState">252</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

With all the banter going on related to this topic, is there any FINAL answer to this error?

I have Skype, but have NEVER activated it.

I use Office2010 Outlook.

Running Win 8.1 on a Lenovo notebook, use IE 11.

Any ideas beyond disabling and ignoring the errors? Something is obviously wrong and I'd like to get to the bottom of it. In my Outlook, it requires SSL (NOT TLS) as my incoming server, I checked to see if it had anything to do with that- but it has always been set up that way- since I bought the computer in Dec. 2015.

Any help?

Thanks in advance!

(Going to post this as a new question in a Win 8.1 Forum)
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