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We're running Windows Server 2003 x64, SQL 2005 x64, and MOSS SharePoint 2007 all on the same box.<br />
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We receive this error message in the event log every minute. &nbsp;The strange thing is the user is NT Authority\Syste.<br />
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I'll post the text here as well as a screen shot. &nbsp;Any ideas? &nbsp;I've tried solutions recommended on eventid.net to no avail.<br />
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Source: MSSQLSERVER<br />
Type: Failure Audit<br />
Event ID: 18456<br />
Category (4)<br />
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM<br />
Computer: PLATO<br />
Description: Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'. [CLIENT: &lt;local machine&gt;]<br />
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Data: 0000: 18 48 00 00 0e 00 00 00 &nbsp; .H......<br />
0008: 06 00 00 00 50 00 4c 00 &nbsp; ....P.L.<br />
0010: 41 00 54 00 4f 00 00 00 &nbsp; A.T.O...<br />
0018: 07 00 00 00 6d 00 61 00 &nbsp; ....m.a.<br />
0020: 73 00 74 00 65 00 72 00 &nbsp; s.t.e.r.<br />
0028: 00 00 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; .. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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We're running Windows Server 2003 x64, SQL 2005 x64, and MOSS SharePoint 2007 all on the same box.

We receive this error message in the event log every minute.  The strange thing is the user is NT Authority\Syste.

I'll post the text here as well as a screen shot.  Any ideas?  I've tried solutions recommended on eventid.net to no avail.

Source: MSSQLSERVER
Type: Failure Audit
Event ID: 18456
Category (4)
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: PLATO
Description: Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'. [CLIENT: <local machine>]

Data: 0000: 18 48 00 00 0e 00 00 00   .H......
0008: 06 00 00 00 50 00 4c 00   ....P.L.
0010: 41 00 54 00 4f 00 00 00   A.T.O...
0018: 07 00 00 00 6d 00 61 00   ....m.a.
0020: 73 00 74 00 65 00 72 00   s.t.e.r.
0028: 00 00                     ..      


MSSQLServer Failure Audit Event ID 18456, Category (4)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.