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Event ID 151: The time sample was rejected because: Packet not authenticated

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The time sample was rejected because: Packet not authenticated.

Event 151
Time-Service
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The time sample was rejected because: Packet not authenticated.

In the past … seconds … files were deleted from the user's popular known folders (i.e.

Event 151
Ntfs
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
In the past … seconds … files were deleted from the user's popular known folders (i.e. Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, etc.).
… of the deletions recorded their process names.

           Volume Id: …
           Volume name: …
           Is boot volume: …

           Process names: […]
           Delete counts: 
             Desktop: […]
             Documents: […]
             Downloads: […]
             Music: […]
             Pictures: […]
             Videos: […]
             Other: […]

Task instantiation failed "…".

Event 151
TaskScheduler
TaskScheduler/Operational log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Task instantiation failed "…". Check point: …. Error Value: ….