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!!!
Nishant Rana's Weblog 
Thanks, that was just very helpful! Google, blog, result!
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It works for me either!
Google search rocks!
this blog was the first link that I found.
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Ditto here! Thank you very much Nishant.
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Yes this worked for me too. thanks!!!
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🙂
was also the 1st googled site and it worked
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It worked, thanks.
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Bad A! Just what I was looking for.
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Nice! Works like a charm!
Issues created by Asynchronous Service- Stuns me every time!!
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Work perfectly…any idea why this is happening?
Thanks
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Worked! Thanks!
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Thank you. It Worked for me.
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Brilliant. Thanks Nishant. It worked instantly. Excellent advice Nishant.
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Fixed it here too…. had to be a fun one to find. I would like to know what caused it.
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Hey,
Thank you very much for the post.. It worked for me as well..
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This is awesome! Got my crm back to working conditions!
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Thank you very much it worked for me too!!!
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Thank you, Nishant – this worked for me as well!
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Outstanding, exactly what we needed to get back up and running. Thanks!
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it works …thanks
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it really works.thank you Nishant, wonderful post!
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That’s great, solved my problem =)
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Hello
at my site this solution does not work.
i tried another suggestion:
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\Tools >Microsoft.Crm.Tools.WRPCKeyRenewal.exe /R”
but this also did not work
i try to reset iis also did not work
any other idea?
thx
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Thank You for posting,
additionally i had to reset IIS 7.5.
greets Kay
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It work for me too. Thanks guys
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thanks man, it fixed right away,saved my monday morning hassle
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Thank you so much – this worked for me!
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Funcionou, Obrigado!!
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Check all service that start with Microsoft Dynamices CRM …….
and restart all these service.
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yeaahhh, its work
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OMG! You saved my life, NISHANT RANA!
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Similar problem on CRM2011. Didn’t fix it for me, but also restarted IIS and used “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\Tools >Microsoft.Crm.Tools.WRPCKeyRenewal.exe /R” and it now works.
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thanks, man)
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it works,super…..
Thankyou!
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