Event Viewer Error

[Jeremy Doucet]

Whenever I go to view the Security log in the Event
Viewer, I get a message saying: "Unable to complete the
operation on security. A required privilege is not held
by the client". I am a Domain Admin and have rights
across the entire domain. We are running active directory
as well.

 

[Ming Chen \(MSFT\)]

Jeremy,



Check if UserAccount you used is listed in Group Policy for "Manage auditing
and security log"

- Under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local
Policies\User Rights Assignment"

- For more information, please see:

- - 300549 HOW TO: Enable and Apply Security Auditing in Windows 2000

- - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300549



Also, if this is just one machine, check for possible corrupted log:

- 172156 How to Delete Corrupt Event Viewer Log Files

- - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=172156



Hope the information helped.



Sincerely,
Ming Chen, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, CNE
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[Jeremy Doucet]

-----Original Message-----
Jeremy,



Check if UserAccount you used is listed in Group Policy for "Manage auditing
and security log"

- Under Computer Configuration\Windows

Settings\Security Settings\Local

Policies\User Rights Assignment"

- For more information, please see:

- - 300549 HOW TO: Enable and Apply Security Auditing in Windows 2000

- - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300549



Also, if this is just one machine, check for possible corrupted log:

- 172156 How to Delete Corrupt Event Viewer Log Files

- - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=172156



Hope the information helped.



Sincerely,
Ming Chen, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, CNE
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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.
My user account is listed under the User Rights

Assignment but other users are not. These other users do
not have this problem but yet I do. Also, it is not on
just one machine. I cannot view the security log on any
machine across the domain.

 

[Ming Chen \(MSFT\)]

Jeremy,



If other user account works, sounds like you might belong to a group that
had permission denied.



Try to use a clean account and then slowly add membership to see what is the
breaking point?



Let me know how it goes.



Sincerely,
Ming Chen, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, CNE
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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