Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing › Event 6420

Event ID 6420 — A device was disabled.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Detailed Tracking → Plug and Play Events
Collection Priority
Recommended (Yamato Security)
Opcode
Info

Description

A device was disabled.

Message #

A device was disabled.

Subject:
	Security ID: %1
	Account Name: %2
	Account Domain: %3
	Logon ID: %4

Device ID: %5

Device Name: %6

Class ID: %7

Class Name: %8

Hardware IDs: %9

Compatible IDs: %10

Location Information: %11

Fields #

NameDescription
SubjectUserSid SID[Subject] Security ID
SubjectUserName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Name
SubjectDomainName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Domain
SubjectLogonId HexInt64[Subject] Logon ID
DeviceId UnicodeStringDevice ID
DeviceDescription UnicodeStringDevice Name
ClassId GUIDClass ID
ClassName UnicodeStringClass Name
HardwareIds UnicodeStringHardware IDs
CompatibleIds UnicodeStringCompatible IDs
LocationInformation UnicodeStringLocation Information

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 6420,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 13316,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2026-03-11T06:32:01.859671+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 2461244,
    "correlation": {},
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 4,
      "thread_id": 356
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "LAB-WIN11",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-18",
    "SubjectUserName": "LAB-WIN11$",
    "SubjectDomainName": "WORKGROUP",
    "SubjectLogonId": "0x3e7",
    "DeviceId": "ROOT\\VMS_VSMP\\0000",
    "DeviceDescription": "Hyper-V Virtual Switch Extension Adapter",
    "ClassId": "4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318",
    "ClassName": "Net",
    "HardwareIds": "\r\n\t\tvms_vsmp\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t",
    "CompatibleIds": "-",
    "LocationInformation": "-"
  },
  "message": ""
}

References #