Event-o-Pedia EventID 683 - Session disconnected from winstation

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EventID 683 - Session disconnected from winstation

A user disconnected from another computer without logging off. The connection was either a terminal server session or a remote administration session. This message is logged for informational purposes only.

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Corresponding events on other OS versions:

Windows 2008

EventID 4779 - A session was disconnected from a Window Station

Sample:

Event Type:	Success Audit
Event Source:	Security
Event Category:	Logon/Logoff 
Event ID:	683
Date:		06.12.2010
Time:		11:43:50
User:		NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer:	                     DC1
Description:
Session disconnected from winstation:
 	User Name:	                     CBrown
 	Domain:		RESEARCH
 	Logon ID:		(0x0,0x5AE818)
 	Session Name:	RDP-Tcp#3
 	Client Name:	                      DCCC1
 	Client Address:	10.30.34.58

Log Type:

Windows Event Log

Uniquely Identified By:

Log Name:

Security

Filtering Field	Equals to Value
OSVersion	Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003
Source	Security
Category	Logon/Logoff
EventId	683

Field Matching

Field	Description	Stored in	Sample 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
Domain	Domain of the account for which logon is requested.	InsertionString2	RESEARCH
User Name	User Name identify the user of the remote desktop connection that was disconnected to.	InsertionString1	CBrown
Logon ID	ID of the logon session of the logged on user. Useful for tracking other user activity within the same logon session.	InsertionString3	(0x0,0x5AE818)
Session Name	The name of the session.	InsertionString4	RDP-Tcp#3
Client Name	Client Name specifies the computer name of the client computer.	InsertionString5	DCCC1
Client Address	Client Address specifies IP address of the client computer.	InsertionString6	10.30.34.58