However, sometimes the certificate enrollment process can fail, resulting in the “SCEP Certificate enrollment initialization failed” error. This error occurs when a system tries to enroll for a certificate from an encryption key authority such as AMD, but it receives a 404 Not Found problem. This error is caused by a temporary hitch in the authority drivers or wrong configurations in the SCEP service. This article will focus on why you are getting this error and various working solutions. In other words, the error indicates that the SCEP client on a system could not initialize a session with the server for the certificate environment. The error may trigger other issues like software bugs, computer shutting down, unstable network connectivity, etc. The error code is Event ID 86. There are several ways to fix the SCEP Certificate enrollment initialization failed error on Windows 11 or Windows 10. If you get the error while gaming, or performing normal tasks on your PC, restart your computer and update your operating system or revert recent updates. If that doesn’t work we recommend you try the following working solutions to fix successfully fix the error.
1. Update the device driver
2. Run SFC and DISM commands
3. Reinstall the device driver
4. Check GPU and PSU specifications
To check your hardware specifications go to your manufacturer’s website and check for details about GPU and PSU. Some systems are not as powerful as possible to run graphic cards such as AMD and might trigger the SCEP Certificate enrollment initialization failed error.
5. Run the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool
6. Disable XMP temporarily
Disabling XMP on your computer is not advisable but you can do it temporarily. To do this, you need to know the manufacturer and follow the steps on their respective websites. XMP helps your PC to set RAM and CPU parameters but can lead to issues like the SCEP Certificate enrollment initialization failed error.
7. Update BIOS
NOTE: The steps to update BIOS are different from one manufacturer to another. For this example, we will use HP computers. Those are the solutions for fixing the SCEP Certificate enrollment initialization failed error. We hope you resolve the issue using one of the solutions in this post. If you still facing the issue, your case might be specific to your device and you need individual support. Feel free to contact your graphic card manufacturer like AMD or Windows support. Alternatively, you can leave us a comment below and one of our experts will get back to you.
