>Dear All,
>the command below does not work on Win 98 PC.. (I already installed dotnetfx.exe)
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>Imports System.Security.Cryptography
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>Dim des As New TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider --> The problem goes here
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>I am facing with the error message below:
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>An unhandled execption has occured in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and will attempt to continue. If you click Quit then the application will be shut down immediately.
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>Cryptographic service provider (CSP) could not be found in this algorithm.
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>Am I missing something? .. I need advice ..thanks a lot in advance
>
>Regards
>Winanjaya

Yep, you are missing Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 :/ The .NET Framework doesn't run on Win98, and I think you've found one of the many reasons why. There are no Cryptographic Service Providers built into Win98 like there are built into 2000, XP & 2003.