Microsoft KB Archive/149393

= CrashOnAuditFail Activates on Shutdown with ProcessTracking =

Article ID: 149393

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

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This article was previously published under Q149393





SYMPTOMS
If HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\CrashOnAuditFail is enabled in the registry, and Auditing of ProcessTracking is turned on, then during shutdown the system will always fail with a Stop error message reading:

c0000244 (STATUS_AUDIT_FAILED)

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 140058

TITLE : How To Prevent Auditable Activities When Security Log Is Full



CAUSE
The failure occurs because an attempt is made to log the termination of a process after the event-logging service has already been shut down. Therefore, audit logging fails, and the blue screen is generated.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade to Windows NT Workstation and Server version 4.0 or install the fix mentioned below.

To work around this problem, turn off the ProcessTracking auditing if CrashOnAuditFail is enabled or install Server Pack 5 or later for NT 3.51



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51. This problem was corrected in Windows NT Workstation or Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: usermgr security

Keywords: kbnetwork KB149393

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