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  1. COREY CAGLE
    Corey Cagle Win User

    Is there anything other than an actual logon that would generate Event ID 4672 Special Logon?


    I had a suspicion that someone else in the house may be logging on to my computer while I am away. This evening, I locked my computer and left the house for about 4 hours. When I got back, I checked Event Viewer and saw several 4672 Event IDs indicating a special logon. Before I start making accusations, I wanted to be sure that there isn't anything else that might generate this Event ID. So, is there any reason why my computer would generate special logon events while it is locked?

    :)
     
    Corey Cagle, May 22, 2024
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  2. MINEPOCKET
    Minepocket Win User

    Are Special Logons Suspicious? (Event id: 4672)

    Hello, I've noticed multiple different "special logon" events (event id: 4672) wherein some of the events have different privileges than others. Is this normal? (some of) the privileges were:

    SeSecurityPrivilege, SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege, SeLoadDriverPrivilege, SeBackupPrivilege, SeRestorePrivilege, SeDebugPrivilege, SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege, SeImpersonatePrivilege, SeDelegateSessionUserImpersonatePrivilege, SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege, SeTcbPrivilege, SeAuditPrivilege

    The event often looks like this:

    Special privileges assigned to new logon.

    Subject:

    Privileges: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege

     
    Minepocket, May 22, 2024
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  3. AMIT_SUN
    Amit_Sun Win User
    Events 4672 & 4624 Win 10 Freezes - special LOGON ?

    Hi,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

    1. Are you on a domain network?
    2. May I know the make and the model number of your system?

    The event logs you have provided seems to be the security logs that is generated when you login to your system. For more information on the event that was generated, you can check
    4672(S): Special privileges assigned to new logon.

    The Windows error logs will be located at Event Viewer > Windows Logs > System.

    Please follow the step below and check if it works for you.

    Step: Improve Windows 10 Performance.

    Try some of the following suggestions to help
    make your Windows 10 PC run better    . The steps are listed in order, so start with the first one, see if that fixes the problem, and then continue to the next one if it doesn’t.

    Note: The last step on the article contains Windows Reset, I suggest you not to perform Windows reset, as there is a change your data and applications will be wiped and also
    the OS will reverted back to previous version you upgraded from.

    If the issue still persists, please reply to this post with more information so that we can identify the root cause of this issue and assist you further.

    Hope it helps.

    Amit Sunar

    Microsoft Community – Moderator
     
    Amit_Sun, May 22, 2024
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  4. IGOR LEYKO
    Igor Leyko Win User

    Is there anything other than an actual logon that would generate Event ID 4672 Special Logon?

    Event 4672, Special Logon

    Hi Erfngel,

    see description at
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/securi...

    Quotation: You typically will see many of these events in the event log, because every logon of SYSTEM (Local System) account triggers this event.
     
    Igor Leyko, May 22, 2024
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