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title: "Smart Card Default Key"
slug: "smart-card-default-key"
updated: 2025-08-18T17:14:15Z
published: 2025-08-18T17:14:15Z
canonical: "mfa.rapididentity.com/smart-card-default-key"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mfa.rapididentity.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Smart Card Default Key

Pre-Req's

          

- Internet Explorer or [Edge's IE Compatibility Mode](/v1/docs/ie-compatibility-mode-for-edge)
- [ActiveX](/v1/docs/activex-settings-for-internet-explorer)
- Smart card (from your batch if they are all the same)
- Smart card reader

1. On the *Home* page of the Admin Portal, expand "Smartcard First time use workflows" and click "Smart Card Defaults. ![sc default key 1 - home page.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/sc%20default%20key%201%20-%20home%20page.png)
2. On the next screen, click the "Advanced" button. ![sc default key 2 - advanced button.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/sc%20default%20key%202%20-%20advanced%20button%281%29.png)
3. Click "Add a Smart Card". ![sc default key 3 - add card.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/sc%20default%20key%203%20-%20add%20card.png)
4. At the next screen, follow the on-screen instructions. Insert your card then hit "Ok". ![sc default key 4 - insert.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/sc%20default%20key%204%20-%20insert.png)

          🚫ActiveX Error

          

If you receive an ActiveX error at this step, please review the pages from the *Pre-Req's* section.
5. On the next screen, you will see the card's ATR appear. You will need to input the Default Admin Key for the card(s). This is typically forty-eight zeros (0) (you can press and hold down 0 until the box no longer takes input) or will be specified by the card vendor if it's something else. Press "Save" when complete. ![sc default key 5 - enter key.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/sc%20default%20key%205%20-%20enter%20key.png)
6. You'll be brought back to the overview page but with your card's key saved. ![sc default key 6 - success.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cf888ab6-47bb-4aaa-984b-26a47cdccf46/Images/Documentation/sc%20default%20key%206%20-%20success.png)