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title: Audit Computer Account Management (Windows 10)
description: This topic for the IT professional describes the advanced security audit policy setting, Audit Computer Account Management, which determines whether the operating system generates audit events when a computer account is created, changed, or deleted.
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# Audit Computer Account Management

**Applies to**
-   Windows 10

This topic for the IT professional describes the advanced security audit policy setting, **Audit Computer Account Management**, which determines whether the operating system generates audit events when a computer account is created, changed, or deleted.

This policy setting is useful for tracking account-related changes to computers that are members of a domain.

Event volume: Low

Default: Not configured

| Event ID | Event message |
| - | - |
| 4741 | A computer account was created. | 
| 4742 | A computer account was changed. | 
| 4743 | A computer account was deleted. | 
 
## Related topics

- [Advanced security audit policy settings](advanced-security-audit-policy-settings.md)