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Audit Computer Account Management

This category is only logged on domain controllers. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 can use Group Policy.  

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia: 

Event ID Title
4741 A computer account was created.
4742 A computer account was changed.
4743 A computer account was deleted.

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