Event-o-Pedia EventID 6416 - A new external device was recognized by the system.

	Event Details
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EventID 6416 - A new external device was recognized by the system.

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Sample:

A new external device was recognized by the system.

Subject:
	Security ID:		SYSTEM
	Account Name:		IIZHU2016$
	Account Domain:		ITSS
	Logon ID:		0x3E7

Device ID:	SWD\PRINTENUM\{60FA1C6A-1AB2-440A-AEE1-62ABFB9A4650}

Device Name:	Microsoft Print to PDF

Class ID:		{1ed2bbf9-11f0-4084-b21f-ad83a8e6dcdc}

Class Name:	PrintQueue

Vendor IDs:	
		PRINTENUM\{084f01fa-e634-4d77-83ee-074817c03581}
		PRINTENUM\LocalPrintQueue
		{084f01fa-e634-4d77-83ee-074817c03581}
		
		

Compatible IDs:	
		GenPrintQueue
		SWD\GenericRaw
		SWD\Generic
		
		

Location Information:	-
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Description template stored in adtschema.dll:
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A new external device was recognized by the system.

Subject:
	Security ID:		%1
	Account Name:		%2
	Account Domain:		%3
	Logon ID:		%4

Device ID:	%5

Device Name:	%6

Class ID:		%7

Class Name:	%8

Vendor IDs:	%9

Compatible IDs:	%10

Location Information:	%11

Log Type:

Windows Event Log

Uniquely Identified By:

Log Name:

Security

Filtering Field	Equals to Value
OSVersion	Windows Vista (2008) Windows 7 (2008 R2) Windows 8 (2012) Windows 8.1 (2012 R2) Windows 10 (2016)
Category	Detailed Tracking
Source	Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
TaskCategory	Plug and Play Events
EventId	6416

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
Task Category	A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source.	TaskCategory
Level	Warning, Information, Error, etc.	Level
Keywords	Audit Success, Audit Failure, Classic, Connection etc.	Keywords
Category	A name for an aggergative event class, corresponding to the similar ones present in Windows 2003 version.	Category	Account Logon
Object Name		InsertionString6
Whom		InsertionString6
Object Type		-
Class Name		InsertionString8	PrintQueue
Security ID		InsertionString1
Account Name		InsertionString2
Account Domain		InsertionString3
Subject: Account Domain	Name of the domain that account initiating the action belongs to.	InsertionString3	ITSS
Subject: Security ID		InsertionString1	SYSTEM
Subject: Account Name		InsertionString2	IIZHU2016$
Subject: Logon ID		InsertionString4	0x3E7
Device ID		InsertionString5	SWD\PRINTENUM\{60FA1C6A-1AB2-440A-AEE1-62ABFB9A4650}
Device Name		InsertionString6	Microsoft Print to PDF
Class ID		InsertionString7	{1ed2bbf9-11f0-4084-b21f-ad83a8e6dcdc}
Hardware IDs		InsertionString9
Compatible IDs		InsertionString10
Location Information		InsertionString11	-
Vendor IDs		InsertionString9
Compatible IDs		InsertionString10