Security and audit-related events can often be challenging to interpret. Here are two resources that can help:
- See KB947226 "Description of security events in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008" found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947226
- You can also run the command wevtutil gp Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing /ge /gm:true to get a detailed listing of all security event IDs.
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