If these condition are met i. You are running Windows 2008 R2 on your local computer ii. You are running ILM or FIM Certificate Management on a Remote Desktop or Virtual Machine iii You are writing certificates to a smart card that is in a reader attached to the local computer you may receive this error: "Base CSP smart card self-service control is not installed or the current site is not specified in the allowed sites list by your Administrator. Please contact your system Administrator. Additional information: Automation server can't create object" Notice: This website is an unofficial Microsoft Knowledge Base (hereinafter KB) archive and is intended to provide a reliable access to deleted content from Microsoft KB. All KB articles are owned by Microsoft Corporation. Read full disclaimer for more details.