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Event ID 154: Boot Policy Migration used an authenticated variable

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Boot Policy Migration used an authenticated variable.

Event 154
Kernel-Boot
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Boot Policy Migration used an authenticated variable.  Status: …

The time sample was rejected because: Packet contains unreasonable root delay or root dispersion values.

Event 154
Time-Service
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The time sample was rejected because: Packet contains unreasonable root delay or root dispersion values. This may be caused by poor network conditions.

System file pages are now locked into memory.

Event 154
Ntfs
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
System file pages are now locked into memory.

                    Volume Id: …
                    Volume name: …

                    File reference: …
                    File name: …

The IO operation at logical block address … for Disk … (PDO name: …) failed due to a hardware error.

Event 154
disk
System log
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The IO operation at logical block address … for Disk … (PDO name: …) failed due to a hardware error.