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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2014-01-28T13:44:37+00:00

I am getting the same error. I traced it back to first appearing on 14 Nov 2013 and no occurrences during the 3 years prior to that time. I had several Microsoft updates occur on 13 Nov 2013 and I suspect one of those modified something that is causing this error to occur. I am looking at those updates to see if any of them might have caused this problem.

I am using OUTLOOK 2010 and have been for quite awhile without errors until Nov 2013.
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Anonymous

2013-12-16T12:44:24+00:00

In my case it was Skype. Using the Fiddler2 web debugger, every time Skype started up I saw lots of secure connections from my Skype client via a tunnel to various Microsoft sites. They looked OK, there seemed to be no connection errors, but at every Skype startup I had between 3 to 6 Schannel errors.

I uninstalled Skype and do not have the problem anymore. I do use Outlook 2010, but do not connect via VPN to a business Exchange account.
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Anonymous

2013-12-15T01:00:02+00:00

I'm getting this error at a rate of 3 per minute. Can anyone please tell me how to fix it?

Log Name:      System

Source:        Schannel

Date:          12/14/2013 4:17:54 PM

Event ID:      36887

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:

User:          SYSTEM

Computer:      Dougs_Surface

Description:

A fatal alert was received from the remote endpoint. The TLS protocol defined fatal alert code is 40.

Event Xml:

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

<System>

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

    <EventID>36887</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-12-14T23:17:54.716890900Z" />

    <EventRecordID>6425</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="640" ThreadID="10284" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>Dougs_Surface</Computer>

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

</System>

<EventData>

    <Data Name="AlertDesc">40</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>
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Anonymous

2009-12-28T21:29:48+00:00

I found what is responsible for my situation. I have not yet resolved it, but at least I found it. In my situation, I am getting the Schannel 36888 error because there is something wrong with my SRV record at my hosting company. The error is being generated because Outlook (2007) is connecting to a hosted Exchange server and the Autodiscovery is not functioning properly because the SRV record at my domain host (Register.com) isn't working properly. I have verified the SRV settings and they look correct however when I do an SRV lookup, no record is found. For this reason, Outlook is not connecting properly. Email is still working, but this error is also being generated.

I don't know if this is similar to your setup Sno_Shu, but if you are using Outlook 07 and getting mail through a hosted Exchange account, you may want to look in to this.
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