I was getting the Invalid Action error when trying to open Microsoft CRM 4.0.
And in the event log i could see the following entry.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSCRMKeyGenerator
Event Category: None
Event ID: 18949
Date: 6/11/2008
Time: 4:59:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D-4526
Description:
Current active key (KeyType : CrmWRPCTokenKey) is expired. This can indicate that a key is not being regenerated properly. Current Active Key : CrmKey(Id:6e254808-b21d-dd11-9041-001d7d22e1af, ScaleGroupId:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, KeyType:CrmWRPCTokenKey, Expired:True, ValidOn:05/09/2008 10:23:58, ExpiresOn:06/11/2008 10:23:58, CreatedOn:05/09/2008 10:23:58, CreatedBy:NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE. Key Setting :
Starting the Microsoft CRM Asynchronous Processing Service on the server solved the problem for me!!!
Thanks, that was just very helpful! Google, blog, result!
By: Mike Ralphson on June 13, 2008
at 8:27 am
It works for me either!
Google search rocks!
this blog was the first link that I found.
By: Ricky on July 31, 2008
at 5:56 pm
Ditto here! Thank you very much Nishant.
By: EJ on August 8, 2008
at 4:08 pm
Yes this worked for me too. thanks!!!
By: spark on October 6, 2008
at 4:11 pm
:-)
was also the 1st googled site and it worked
By: christian on October 15, 2008
at 11:48 am
It worked, thanks.
By: Heti on December 10, 2008
at 9:44 am
Bad A! Just what I was looking for.
By: mnesteby on December 11, 2008
at 6:24 pm
Nice! Works like a charm!
Issues created by Asynchronous Service- Stuns me every time!!
By: crsb on January 19, 2009
at 12:05 pm
Work perfectly…any idea why this is happening?
Thanks
By: Jeffrey on April 29, 2009
at 3:41 am
Worked! Thanks!
By: Ben on May 12, 2009
at 8:32 pm
Thank you. It Worked for me.
By: satish on May 25, 2009
at 3:28 pm
Brilliant. Thanks Nishant. It worked instantly. Excellent advice Nishant.
By: Mohamed Ibrahim on June 10, 2009
at 10:41 am
Fixed it here too…. had to be a fun one to find. I would like to know what caused it.
By: Anonymous on June 17, 2009
at 6:57 pm
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By: MS CRM Key Generator error - Invalid Action - Microsoft CRM 4 Error. | Mohamed I Mostafa's Blog on June 18, 2009
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