"security record is full. Only administrator can fix it"?????

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John Smith

Windows XP Pro.

When trying to login an account, after entering the password, I
got an error message saying something like "The system's security
record is full. Only administrator can fix the problem."
(translated. message originally in a language other than English.)

If I login as administrator and change the account into
administrator account, I can then login without problems. However,
if I change it back to a regular user account, I'll get that error
message again.

Not sure how this happened. The last thing I remember was I gave
the account the "power user" priviledge.

Any idea how to fix the problem?
 
John Smith said:
Windows XP Pro.

When trying to login an account, after entering the password, I
got an error message saying something like "The system's security
record is full. Only administrator can fix the problem."
(translated. message originally in a language other than English.)

If I login as administrator and change the account into
administrator account, I can then login without problems. However,
if I change it back to a regular user account, I'll get that error
message again.

Not sure how this happened. The last thing I remember was I gave
the account the "power user" priviledge.

Any idea how to fix the problem?
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Well you can do this...
Start --> Run --> SECPOL.MSC --> Local Policies --> Security Options -->
Disable "AUDIT: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security..."

A better solution is to see why this log is full in the first place, and
clear it or increase the maximum size.

Start --> Run --> EVENTVWR.MSC --> Right click Security log and go to
properties to increase max size or to let it overwrite older entries as
needed.
 
Colin said:
Well you can do this...
Start --> Run --> SECPOL.MSC --> Local Policies --> Security Options -->
Disable "AUDIT: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security..."

A better solution is to see why this log is full in the first place, and
clear it or increase the maximum size.

Start --> Run --> EVENTVWR.MSC --> Right click Security log and go to
properties to increase max size or to let it overwrite older entries as
needed.
Click to expand...

Thanks. I let it overwrite when needed and that solves the problem.
 
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