4803

The screensaver was dismissed

The screensaver was dismissed by user mouse movement or keyboard input.

Event ID 4803 marks the termination of the active screensaver upon user activity.

Failure Reason / Root Cause:

User resuming activity.

CategoryLogon/Logoff
Audit typeSuccess Audit
SeverityInfo
Applies toWindows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 / Windows 10, 11
Keywordsscreensaver dismissed, idle end, activity resume
Raw Event XML snippet
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
    <EventID>4803</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>0</Level>
    <Task>12544</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-07-17T09:54:44.917Z" />
    <EventRecordID>1048576</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="612" ThreadID="1024" />
    <Channel>Security</Channel>
    <Computer>DC01.enterprise.internal</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserName">SYSTEM</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectDomainName">NT AUTHORITY</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3e7</Data>
    <!-- Event telemetry fields specific to The screensaver was dismissed -->
  </EventData>
</Event>

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