Auditing Access of Global System Objects must be turned off.

From Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of Audit Access of Global System Objects

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-14839r2_rule Auditing Access of Global System Objects must be turned off.

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This setting prevents the system from setting up a default system access control list for certain system objects, which could create a very large number of security events, filling the security log in Windows and making it difficult to identify actual issues.

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Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "Audit: Audit the access of global system objects" to "Disabled".

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