Overview
This technical note has information related to a problem that may happen when running a Smartclient and a popup error appears.
FIPS are established guidelines for computer security products by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, that is, only methods approved by this standard can be used.
This document shows how to make FIPS configuration so the SmartClient is not blocked. The error appears in version 9.1, and the windows version used was 20H2.
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The problem
Errors
When running the SmartClient, an error appears and was not possible to run the Client:
Another error can happen too when running the Framework.
The solution
How to solve the issue FIPS configuration
The first step is to press the Windows + R shortcut and open the run popup:
Then, type “gpedit.msc” in Open field and press OK.
Note Item
If this popup opens (image above), it means that you do not have the gpedit activated, so you can go to “Appendix A” to do it.
Otherwise, the following window will open:
The next step is to go to Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Local Policies → Security Options and set the option "System Cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing" as Disabled. You can see this in the enumerated image below:
With this item is disabled, you are supposed to be able to run your SmartClient project with success.
Appendix A
How to activate the GPEDIT in Windows 10
When you type gpedit.msc in Windows + R, the following popup appears not allowing you to open the “Local Group Policy Editor”. You can follow the solution, which is working for windows version 1809 or up.
You can do the following steps to activate the GPEDIT:
1 - Copy the code below into a notepad and save it with the (.bat) extension.
@echo off
pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txt
dir /b
C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\%%i"
pause
Then, go to the folder you have saved your .bat file and “Run as administrator” as shown in image 8.
The prompt window will open and install the gpedit.
When it is finished, you are able to open the “Local Group Policy Editor” window. Therefore, you can continue in Section 2. <<<<.continue in Section 2 is correct or should we remove it?>>>>
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