According to Microsoft this means that the service cannot open a communication channel with the smart card reader. You cannot use the smart card reader until the error is resolved.
There could be different errors recorded with this event (the actual error description or an error code):
- The system cannot find the path specified - See Error code 3
- 0x0000013d
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