Microsoft KB Archive/840955

= Failure Audit event entries are unexpectedly logged to the security event log when you search a file in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 840955

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to search for files that are located in a folder that is configured to audit access to the files that are in the folder, Failure Audit event entries may be unexpectedly logged in the security event log.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if all the following conditions are true:
 * Windows tries to search a file.
 * The following permissions on the folder and on the files that are in the folder are set to Deny for your user account:
 * Create Files / Write Data
 * Create Folders / Append Data
 * Write Attributes
 * Write Extended Attributes
 * Change Permissions
 * Take Ownership
 * The folder is configured to audit failure access events for the Deny permissions that are configured for your user account.
 * You search the folder for a file by using either of the following criteria:
 * A keyword in the file name.
 * A keyword in the text in the file.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 must be installed before you apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix 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 -  20-May-2004  16:16  5.0.3900.6923  2,358,544  Shell32.dll 16-May-2004 19:43  5.0.2195.6928  5,873,664  Sp3res.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about standard terminology used to describe software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbwin2000sp5fix kbwin2000presp5fix kbeventlog kbuser kbsecurity kbfix kbbug KB840955

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