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Event ID 208: Measured Boot library encountered a failure and entered insecure state

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Measured Boot library encountered a failure and entered insecure state.

Event 208
Kernel-Boot
System log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Measured Boot library encountered a failure and entered insecure state. InitState: …, StatusCode: …, Failure Address: …, Reference Address: …, Reason: ….

MftRecordRead VolumeId: …, BaseFileId: …, FileId

Event 208
Ntfs
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
MftRecordRead VolumeId: …, BaseFileId: …, FileId: …

Completing an IO (read/write) request.

Event 208
StorPort
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Completing an IO (read/write) request.

The Kerberos client and KDC could not agree on a policy compliant hash algorithm for PKINIT.

Event 208
Security-Kerberos
System log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The Kerberos client and KDC could not agree on a policy compliant hash algorithm for PKINIT. 

Client supported algorithms: { … }
KDC supported algorithms: { … }

A flash-Crowd situation is detected for the URL "…" in BITS job "…".

Event 208
Bits-Client
Bits-Client/Operational log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
A flash-Crowd situation is detected for the URL "…" in BITS job "…".