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Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2000-2003->Security Log->Account Management->EventID 668 - Group Type Changed [Win 2000 / 2003]
EventID 668 - Group Type Changed [Win 2000 / 2003]
Indicates that type or/and scope of "target" group was successfully changed by "caller" user.

Note:
This event occurs only on Domain Controllers.

There are two types of groups in Active Directory:
  • Distribution, or in other words security disabled, groups are for distribution lists in Exchange and cannot be assigned permissions or rights.
  • Security, or security enabled, groups can be used for assigning permissions, rights and as distribution lists.
There are 3 scopes of groups in Active Directory: Local, Global, Universal. Scope identifies the extent to which the group is applied in the domain tree or forest.

See Microsoft Technet article for more details on group types and scopes.

Find more information about this event on ultimatewindowssecurity.com.

Corresponding events on other OS versions:
Windows 2008
 Sample:
        Event Type:     Success Audit
        Event Source:   Security
        Event Category: Account Management
        Event ID:       668
        Date:           10/26/2009
        Time:           07:39:56
        User:           RESEARCH\ALebovsky
        Computer:       DC1
        Description:
        Group Type Changed:
        Security Enabled Local Group Changed to Security Enabled Universal Group.
        Target Account Name:	Setup Operators
        Target Domain:	RESEARCH
        Target Account ID:	%{S-1-5-21-184992632-1607737289-1287950321-1179}
        Caller User Name:	Alebovsky
        Caller Domain:	RESEARCH
        Caller Logon ID:	(0x0,0x59DF36)
        Privileges:	-
      
Log Type: Windows Event Log
 Uniquely Identified By:
Log Name: Security
Filtering Field Equals to Value
OSVersion Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Category Account Management
Source Security
EventId 668
Field Matching
FieldDescriptionStored inSample Value
DateTime Date/Time of event origination in GMT format. DateTime 10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source Name of an Application or System Service originating the event. Source Security
Type Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc. Type Success
User Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event. User RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer Name of server workstation where event was logged. Computer DC1
EventID Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source. EventId 576
Description The entire unparsed event message. Description Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.) LogName Security
Category A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source. Category Logon/Logoff
Caller User Name Account initiating action InsertionString5 Alebovsky
Caller Domain Domain of the account initiating action InsertionString6 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. InsertionString7 (0x0,0x59DF36)
Target Account Name Name of the account on which the action is performed InsertionString2 Setup Operators
Target Domain Domain name of the Target Account InsertionString3 RESEARCH
Target Account ID Target Account Name in the following format: Target Domain\Target Account Name InsertionString4 %{S-1-5-21-184992632-1607737289-1287950321-1179}
Privileges Contains the list of privileges. The purpose of this field is unknown. In most cases it is empty. InsertionString8 -
Group Type Changed Displays the old and new values of the type and scope of the group InsertionString1 [type] [scope] Group Changed to [type] [scope] Group.
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