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4608(S) Windows is starting up.

4608(S): Windows is starting up.

Subcategory: Audit Security State Change

Event Description:

This event is logged when LSASS.EXE process starts and the auditing subsystem is initialized.

It typically generates during operating system startup process.

[!NOTE] For recommendations, see Security Monitoring Recommendations for this event.

Event XML:

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
 <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" /> 
 <EventID>4608</EventID> 
 <Version>0</Version> 
 <Level>0</Level> 
 <Task>12288</Task> 
 <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
 <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords> 
 <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-10-09T05:25:38.222242500Z" /> 
 <EventRecordID>1101704</EventRecordID> 
 <Correlation /> 
 <Execution ProcessID="508" ThreadID="512" /> 
 <Channel>Security</Channel> 
 <Computer>DC01.contoso.local</Computer> 
 <Security /> 
 </System>
 <EventData /> 
 </Event>

Required Server Roles: None.

Minimum OS Version: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista.

Event Versions: 0.

Security Monitoring Recommendations

For 4608(S): Windows is starting up.

  • With this event, you can track system startup events.