title: Smart Card Validation Pin Error 0x80100001
body: <p>I'm using gemalto usb token and SafeNet software to digitally sign my documents in Adobe Acrobat Pro. While everything worked fine and nothing has changed, I'm getting this error after entering my (correct) pin number. The message says: 'Error occurred during PIN validation'. According to a<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthn/authentication-return-values" rel="nofollow noreferrer">uthentication return values</a>, it is related to: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>SCARD_F_INTERNAL_ERROR: An internal consistency check failed.</p>
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  <p>Besides that, 'Validating Signatures' option in Adobe is disabled. </p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jNIPG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jNIPG.png" alt="Error with code:0x80100001"></a></p>