STOP 0xC0000244 STATUS_AUDIT_FAILED



Consider the following scenario:
  • You have a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer.
  • In Windows XP, the value for the following registry subkey is set to 1:
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
      Lsa\crashonauditfail
  • You log on to the computer as a non-administrative user.
  • You try to clear or to back up the Security log. Exactly at the same time, an event is logged in the Security log.
In this scenario, you receive a Stop error message that resembles the following:

Stop 0xC0000244 (STATUS_AUDIT_FAILED)

You receive the Stop error message even though the Security log is not full.


During the graphical user interface (GUI) portion of an upgrade from Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP, you may receive the following error message on a blue screen:

Stop 0xC0000244 Unable to generate security events.