The Smart Cards for Windows service provides the basic infrastructure for all other smart card components as it manages smart card readers and application interactions on the computer. It is fully compliant with the specifications set by the PC/SC Workgroup. For information about these specificat...
The PC/SC Workgroup has developed specifications for interoperability between readers and smart cards. Microsoft Windows 2000 supports any smart card reader that is PC/SC compatible. For a complete list of supported smart card readers, see the hardware compatibility list athttps://www.microsoft.com/...
Smart Card (SCardSvr) Registry Name: SCardSvr Display Name: Smart Card Description: Manages access to smart cards read by this computer. If this service is stopped, this computer will be unable to read smart cards. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will ...
The Smart Card Technical Reference describes the Windows smart card infrastructure for physical smart cards and how smart card–related components work in Windows. This document also contains information about tools that information technology (IT) developers and administrators can use to troubleshoot...
Some cards don't support de-authentication directly. Instead, the application must reset the card via PC/SC. Resetting the card returns it to its initial, unauthenticated state. But resetting effectively "reboots" the smart card, which can adversely affect the performance of the next host applic...
The Smart Card Subsystem component is based on Personal Computer/Smart Card (PC/SC) consortium standards and consists of the following parts:Resource Manager Card/Reader Selection UIResource ManagerThis component manages access to readers and smart cards. To manage these resources, it performs the fo...
Skip to main content. We set the standard for integrating smart cards and smart card readers. Into the mainstream computing environment. The Workgroup’s mission is twofold:. To promote a standard specification, to ensure that smart cards, smart card rea
Smart cards provide:Tamper-resistant storage for protecting private keys and other forms of personal information. Isolation of security-critical computations involving authentication, digital signatures, and key exchange from other parts of the computer. The security-critical operations are performed on the...
Vendors provide smart cards and smart card readers, and in many cases the smart card and reader vendors are different. Reader drivers are written to the PC/SC standard version 1.0. Each smart card must have a CSP that uses the CAPI interfaces on the top and the WinSCard APIs at the ...
Smart cards provide: Tamper-resistant storage for protecting private keys and other forms of personal information. Isolation of security-critical computations involving authentication, digital signatures, and key exchange from other parts of the computer. The security-critical operations are performed on...