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Posted by Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - on February 5, 2006, 1:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options That's exactly what happened in my office.
A desktop installed printer caused 60,000 Kerb errors on the DC.
Stuart wrote:
> Hi Susan, thanks for the quick response. We don't have an NIC Helper
> software, but there is an HP Photosmart printer (connected via network
> connection) used by one workstation. The printer and driver software has
> been running for quite some time before the errors started occuring but I'll
> have a look into it. Would the HP software on a standalone
> printer/workstation be able to generate authantication errors like this on
> the DC (the software is not installed on the DC itself) ?
>
> Thanks again,
> Stuart.
>
>
>> This is only at the server right?
>>
>> Got any of the following?
>>
>> 1. HP printer monitor software on a workstation
>> 2. NIC helper software from Intel?
>>
>> Uninstall them.
>>
>> I had 60,000 failure audits on my DC due to the HP printer monitor
>> software.
>>
>> Stuart wrote:
>>
>>> Hi. On our SBS 2k3 Premium Server SP1 we are currently getting a large
>>> number of the Failure Audits for the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. In particular
>>> we get 680, 529 and 675 in a block roughly every 2 minutes, but can also
>>> get 680 and 529 together or 675 on it's own. So far I haven't been able
>>> to work out why they have suddenly started occurring. What I've managed
>>> to work out so far is the fault either started after the ISA 2004 upgrade
>>> as part of SP1 install or after two recent KB updates, although it may
>>> coincidental.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I'm no further to working out what is causing the entries.
>>> If anyone has any advice it would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stuart.
>>>
>>> Event 680:
>>> Logon Attempt By: MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0
>>> Logon Account: [ServerName]$
>>> Source Workstation: [ServerName]
>>> Error Code: 0xC000006A
>>>
>>> Event 529:
>>> Logon Failure:
>>> Reason: Unknown user name or bad password
>>> Username: [ServerName]$
>>> Logon Type: 3
>>> Logon Process: NtLmSsp
>>> Workstation Name: [ServerName]
>>>
>>> Event 675
>>> Preauthentication failed:
>>> Username [ServerName]
>>> User : DOMAIN\[ServerName]
>>> Service Name: krbtgt/DOMAIN.LOCAL
>>> Pre-Authentication Type: 0x2
>>> Failure Code: 0x18
>>> Client Address: 127.0.0.1
>>>
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