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Certreq error on Windows 2003

I installed CA on a Windows 2003 SP3 server.

I am following the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321051 and it doesn't work.

I copied the text in Step1 and pasted into Notepad.  I changed the subject to "myserver.mydomain.local", saved the file as request.inf and used certreq ( the way they said too, "certreq -new request.inf request.req") to turn it into a req file.

(I also tried "CN=myserver, DC=mydomain, DC=local". Not sure which format to use. Does it matter?)

Next, I open CA and right-click on my server, all tasks, submit new request. When I pick that req file I get this error:

The request contains no certificate template information. 0x80094801 (-2146875391). Denied by policy module 0x80094801. The request does not contain a certificate template extension or the certificate template request attribute.
Since I followed the instructions on Microsoft's site, I assume that they put in the template information in the request.inf file in their example.  So that makes me wonder if there is something wrong with my CA.

I have never worked with the contents of certificates before.  I usually buy them from a vendor and don't have to deal with this.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
Windows Server 2003

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I uninstalled my Enterprise CA and reinstalled a Standalone Root CA.  I was then able to submit my request.
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

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