Windows Security Log Event ID 4608

Operating Systems Windows 2008 R2 and 7
Windows 2012 R2 and 8.1
Windows 2016 and 10
Windows Server 2019 and 2022
Category
 • Subcategory		System
 • Security State Change
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2003
and before		 512  

4608: Windows is starting up

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4608 is an important security event: Any operating system is essentially defenseless when the operating system is down.

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Examples of 4608

Windows is starting up.

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

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