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Audit Registry

This category allows you to track access to registry keys and values. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

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

Event IDTitle
4656 A handle to an object was requested
4657 A registry value was modified
4658 The handle to an object was closed
4660 An object was deleted
4663 An attempt was made to access an object

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