Cannot View Correct Event Details with Non-Administrative Rights

 Last reviewed: September 3, 1996
Article ID: Q129549
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Tools

SYMPTOMS

You can use the Windows NT Server Tools Event Viewer under Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 to view security events of a remote Windows NT computer. If you don't have administrative rights and you attempt to view the security log in Event Viewer, the following description appears for each event: 

   The description for Event ID (<xxx>) in Source (Security) could not be
   found. It contains the following insertion string(s): <Strings vary for
   each Event ID number>.
where <xxx> is a specific Event ID number.

NOTE: This problem occurs even though the user in Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 has the "Manage auditing and security log" user rights.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, grant the Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 user administrative rights.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbtool kbnetwork kbbug3.50
KBSubcategory: ntutil ntsecurity
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.10 3.50 3.11 win3x wfw wfwg

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Last reviewed: September 3, 1996
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