Perform volume maintenance tasks (Windows)

Module: Account Integrity

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

This check reports accounts with rights to perform volume maintenance tasks. 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 Perform volume maintenance tasks

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_PERFORM_VOLUME_MAINTENANCE_TASK

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2003 (205961)

  • Windows 2008 (248961)

  • Windows Vista (228954)

  • Windows XP (200954)

Title: Perform volume maintenance tasks

Description:The user or security group has the right to perform volume maintenance tasks. If the right is authorized, edit the check's name list. If this 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: [Full name: %s]