Issue : You can not start the IMA service and you get the service-specific error code -2147483602. Also you might see the following errors in the eventvwr on the server

7024 The Independent Management Architecture service terminated with service-specific error 2147483694.

3601 Failed to load initial plugins with error IMA_RESULT_PLUGIN_FAILED_VERIFY.

3609 Failed to load plugin ImaRuntimeSS.dll with error IMA_RESULT_PLUGIN_FAILED_VERIFY.

Resolution : The following registry value contained an invalid share point or path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileLists
Value: ProfilesDirectory

Ensure that the system account has full access to this directory

The following required Microsoft Cryptographic API folder structure must be present in the NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService user profile directory structure:

\Documents and Settings\NetworkService.NT AUTHORITY\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto…