New Access Privileges for Event Log, Audit Log and Registry (129126)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q129126

In Windows NT version 3.51, new access privileges have been added to the system event log, audit log and the registry in order to prevent users without administrative privileges from viewing them. The following now have access privileges:

   Account               Access Privilege
   --------------------------------------
   Local System          full access
   Administrators        read/clear
   Backup Operators      backup only

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	5/4/2005
Keywords:	KB129126