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Microsoft-Windows-PrintService › Event 823

Event ID 823 — The default printer was changed to NewDefaultPrinter.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-PrintService
Channel
Admin
Level
Informational
Task
Changingthedefaultprinter
Opcode
SpoolerOperationSucceeded

Description

The default printer was changed to NewDefaultPrinter. See the event user data for context information.

Message #

The default printer was changed to %3. See the event user data for context information.

Fields #

NameDescription
DefaultPrinterSelectedBySpooler UInt32—
OldDefaultPrinter UnicodeString—
NewDefaultPrinter UnicodeString—
Status HexInt32— NTSTATUS reference
Module UnicodeString—

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-PrintService",
    "guid": "747EF6FD-E535-4D16-B510-42C90F6873A1",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 823,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 4,
    "task": 49,
    "opcode": 11,
    "keywords": 9223372036854906880,
    "time_created": "2021-10-27T10:09:16.280929Z",
    "event_record_id": 4,
    "correlation": {},
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 2552,
      "thread_id": 4012
    },
    "channel": "Microsoft-Windows-PrintService/Admin",
    "computer": "fs03vuln.offsec.lan",
    "security": {
      "user_id": "S-1-5-21-4230534742-2542757381-3142984815-1111"
    }
  },
  "user_data": {
    "ChangingDefaultPrinter": {
      "#attributes": {
        "xmlns": "http://manifests.microsoft.com/win/2005/08/windows/printing/spooler/core/events"
      },
      "DefaultPrinterSelectedBySpooler": 1,
      "OldDefaultPrinter": "-",
      "NewDefaultPrinter": "Kiwi Legit Printer",
      "Status": "0x0",
      "Module": "spoolsv.exe"
    }
  }
}

References #