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Event ID 4738 — Change of user account

One or more attributes of a user account have been changed

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One or more attributes of a user account have been changed….

Source of event

Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing — Security category.

Possible causes

  • Normal administrative change….
  • UPN modification or account settings….
  • Unplanned alteration…

Verifications to be carried out

  1. Compare Attributes Changed Attributes….
  2. Identify the author….
  3. Correlate with a change request….

Commands

Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='Security'; Id=4738} -MaxEvents 20

Key takeaways

An Event ID must always be interpreted with its source, its full message, its timing and the context of the system. The same number may exist in several providers of events.

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