Act as part of the operating system (Windows)

Module: Account Integrity

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

This check reports accounts with rights to act as part of the operating system. Do not assign this right to any account. Run services that require this user right under the Local System account, which always has this right. You can use the name list to exclude or include users or security groups that are not already excluded or included by the Users to check option.

The following table lists the error message for the check.

Table: Error message for Act as part of the operating system

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_ACT_AS_OS

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105931)

  • Windows 2003 (205931)

  • Windows 2008 (248931)

  • Windows Vista (228928)

  • Windows XP (200928)

Title: Act as part of the operating system

Description:The user or security group has the right to act as part of the operating system. If the right is authorized, edit the check's name list. If the right is not authorized, use the Correct feature to revoke it.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: true

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]