Microsoft KB Archive/327889

= Unnecessary Event ID 537 Entries in the Security Log =

Article ID: 327889

Article Last Modified on 8/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q327889



SYMPTOMS
If the &quot;Logon Failure Auditing&quot; local policy is in use on a Windows XP-based computer that is a member of a domain, the following entry may be recorded in the Security event log if you log on to the local computer instead of to the domain:

Event Type: Failure Audit

Event Source: Security

Event Category: Logon/Logoff

Event ID: 537 Date: 7/23/2002

Time: 9:17:42 AM

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer:

Description:

Logon Failure:

Reason: An error occurred during logon

User Name:

Domain:

Logon Type: 11

Logon Process: User32

Authentication Package: Negotiate

Workstation Name:

Status code: 0xC00000BB

Substatus code: 0x0



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Winlogon.exe incorrectly tries a cached logon process for the user who is logging on to the local computer.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

  Date         Time   Version        Size       File name    Platform  SP   - 09-Sep-2002 18:44  5.1.2600.100     968,192  Msgina.dll   x86       none 24-Sep-2002 03:47  5.1.2600.1123    968,704  Msgina.dll   x86       1 09-Sep-2002 18:44  5.1.2600.100   1,264,128  Msgina.dll   IA64      none 08-Sep-2002 22:06  5.1.2600.100     968,192  Wmsgina.dll  IA64      none 24-Sep-2002 03:47  5.1.2600.1123  1,265,152  Msgina.dll   IA64      1 22-Sep-2002 04:29  5.1.2600.1123    968,704  Wmsgina.dll  IA64      1



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.

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