http://blogs.technet.com/b/pki/archive/2007/08/06/how-to-re-install-the-default-certificate-templates.aspxWhen you launch the certificate templates MMC snap-in (certtmpl.msc) for the first time, the certificate templates are installed automatically in the background. Installing the templates is independent of the availability of an enterprise CA. Enterpriseen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/pki/archive/2007/08/06/how-to-re-install-the-default-certificate-templates.aspx#3371036Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:53:42 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3371036Fredrik "DXter" Jonsson<p>certutil -installdefaulttemplates does not require restart of the certsvc service since it simply does a population of objects into the Certificate Templates container.</p> <p>Furthermore, It does not have to be executed on the CA itself since it is just creating objects within Active Directory, the CA itself is not affected by this in any way.</p> <p>A CA doesn’t need to restart the certsvc service when new templates are created in Active Directory... ;)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3371036" width="1" height="1">