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Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2000-2003->Security Log->Account Management
Account Management
This category includes events indicating the following user actions:
  • A user/computer account or group is created, changed, or deleted
  • A user/computer account is renamed, disabled, or enabled
  • A group membership is modified
  • A password is set or changed
Events are logged on Domain Controllers in case of actions with Active Directory accounts, and on workstations in case of actions with local SAM accounts.
Log Type: Windows Event Log
 Uniquely Identified By:
Log Name: Security
Filtering Field Equals to Value
OSVersion Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Category Account Management
Source Security
Field Matching
FieldDescriptionSample Value
DateTime Date/Time of event origination in GMT format. 10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source Name of an Application or System Service originating the event. Security
Type Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc. Success
User Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event. RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer Name of server workstation where event was logged. DC1
EventID Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source. 576
Description The entire unparsed event message. Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.) Security
Category A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source. Logon/Logoff
Caller User Name Account initiating action Alebovsky
Caller Domain Domain of the account initiating action RESEARCH
Caller Logon ID A number uniquely identifying the logon session of the user initiating action. This number can be used to correlate all user actions within one logon session. (0x0,0x59DF36)