Event Details
Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2000-2003->Security Log->Account Management->EventID 645 - Computer Account Created [Win 2000]
EventID 645 - Computer Account Created [Win 2000]
Indicates a successful creation of a new computer account by "caller user".

Note:
This event occurs only on domain controllers.

Find more information about this event on ultimatewindowssecurity.com.

Corresponding events on other OS versions:

Windows 2003

Windows 2008

 Sample:
Event Type:     SuccessAudit
Event Source:   Security
Event Category: Account Management
Event ID:       645
Date:           10/26/2009
Time:           07:31:56
User:           LOGISTICS\ALebovsky
Computer:       DCCC1
Description:    
Computer Account Created:
 	New Account Name:	Editor$
 	New Domain:	LOGISTICS
 	New Account ID:	LOGISTICS\Editor$
 	Caller User Name:	ALebovsky
 	Caller Domain:	LOGISTICS
 	Caller Logon ID:	(0x0,0x1D3C0)
 	Privileges		-
 
Log Type: Windows Event Log
 Uniquely Identified By:
Log Name: Security
Filtering Field Equals to Value
OSVersion Windows 2000
Category Account Management
Source Security
EventId 645
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 InsertionString4 Alebovsky
Caller Domain Domain of the account initiating action InsertionString5 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. InsertionString6 (0x0,0x59DF36)
New Account Name Name of the newly created computer account InsertionString1 Editor$
New Domain Domain name of the newly created account InsertionString2 RESEARCH
New Account ID Name of the newly created account in the following format: New Account Domain\New Account Name InsertionString3 RESEARCH\Editor$
Privileges Contains the list of privileges. The purpose of this field is unknown. In most cases it is empty. InsertionString7 -
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