CrashOnAuditFail Activates on Shutdown with ProcessTracking (149393)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 (all service packs)
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
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):
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/16/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork KB149393 |
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