Event Details
Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2008 or higher->Security Log->Policy Change->MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change->EventID 4944 - The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started.
EventID 4944 - The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started.

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Corresponding events on other OS versions:
Windows 2000, 2003
 Sample: 
Log Name:      Security
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date:          10/27/2009 9:53:52 PM
Event ID:      4944
Task Category: MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Audit Success
User:          N/A
Computer:      dcc1.Logistics.corp
Description:   
The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started.
Group Policy Applied:	No
Profile Used:	Public
Operational mode:	On
Allow Remote Administration:	Disabled
Allow Unicast Responses to Multicast/Broadcast Traffic:	Enabled
Security Logging:
	Log Dropped Packets:	Disabled
	Log Successful Connections:	Disabled
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 Policy Change
Source Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
TaskCategory MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change
EventId 4944
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
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 -
Whom -
Object Type -
Class Name -
Security ID -
Account Name -
Account Domain -
Group Policy Applied InsertionString1 No
Profile Used InsertionString2 Public
Operational mode InsertionString3 On
Allow Remote Administration InsertionString4 Disabled
Allow Unicast Responses to Multicast/Broadcast Traffic InsertionString5 Enabled
Security Logging: Log Dropped Packets InsertionString6 Disabled
Security Logging: Log Successful Connections InsertionString7 Disabled
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