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SCEP Certificate
I just realized that I don't have the "SCEP" certificate and I'm wondering if this is serious and how to install it if necessary. The event viewer generates a message every day that the initialization and registration of SCEP failed.
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If you're in a corporate or Intune-managed environment, that SCEP error likely means a certificate enrollment policy isn't applying correctly — could affect VPN or Wi-Fi auth.
If you're just using a personal PC, it's usually safe to ignore. SCEP is mostly used in enterprise setups.If your system is configured to use SCEP certificates for specific services or device management, the error indicates that the enrollment process isn’t completing, which could impact those services.
If your organization or IT department uses SCEP for certificate enrollment, then this failure could cause issues with device authentication, VPN access, or other security functions that depend on valid certificates.
