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Anyone ever see "Anonymous Logon" in Windows 2000 Professional?

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qmacg

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Aug 20, 2001
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I think this might be a system generated error, but recently every time I log into my machine and check the security logs in the MMC, I see this Anonymous Logon entry I pasted below. Does anyone know if this might be someone trying to log into my machine or network?

Event Type:Success Audit
Event Source:Security
Event Category:privilege Use
Event ID:576
Date:8/13/2007
Time:7:12:00 AM
User:NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON
Computer:ABC-PC1
Description:
Special privileges assigned to new logon:
User Name:
Domain:
Logon ID:(0x0,0xAC9B)
Assigned:SeChangeNotifyPrivilege
 
 
Thanks very much for the info links ElectronicsFreak. There are quite a few settings I have to look into, but I have a better idea of what i'm dealing with here. I'll balance out my home network sharing vs the Anonymous Logon entries. I'll post what worked out for me in a few days.
Thanks Again!!
 
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