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Pre-authentication failed - Windows 7

Source      Event ID      Last Occurrence      Total Occurrences
   Security
675      12/31/2009 11:12 PM      58 *
I am runniing Windows 7 Ultimate N on my Small Business Server 2003 network.  If I leave this PC on I get hundreds of these messages during the day.  It used to do it with Vista and even XP Pro.  How can I understand / correct / supress these errors?  I have read several other posts on EE without success.  Thanks!

Pre-authentication failed:
       User Name:      ABC-DEV-10$
       User ID:      ABC\ABC-DEV-10$
       Service Name:      krbtgt/ABC.local
       Pre-Authentication Type:      0x0
       Failure Code:      0x19
       Client Address:      192.168.1.54

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This error has been discussed extensively and any Google search will tell you that it is really nothing to worry about:
".....Vista, out of the box, supports AES encryption and attempts to negotiate for it during the pre-authentication phase.  SBS2k3 DOES NOT support AES so the negotiation fails and that failure is recorded.  Thesystem FALLS BACK to 3DES though so authentication succeeeds.  Only the pre-auth fails....."
Bits....
 
As you can verify from the link below, Microsoft doesn't want to go into details regarding this thus admitting that the problem is being created by them but they do clearly state that "NO USER ACTION IS REQUIRED".....
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Windows+Operating+System&ProdVer=5.2&EvtID=675&EvtSrc=Security
 
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I can assure you that before I post I Google, Bing and search EE knowledgebase.   I want it to go away.
I understand... don't we all. SBS2k3 DOES NOT support AES so at the moment I guess your only option is to update to Windows 2008 Server....
 
Bits...
You might want to read this article if you want to disable AES on your Vista and Windows 7 machines...
http://blogs.msdn.com/ieinternals/archive/2009/12/08/AES-is-not-a-valid-cipher-for-SSLv3.aspx
 
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Now that is helping me... thanks.  I will read deeper and let you know.