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Event ID 263: Early crash dump support is disabled by registry configuration

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Early crash dump support is disabled by registry configuration.

Event 263
Kernel-Boot
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
Early crash dump support is disabled by registry configuration.

W32time Service configuration parameters have been updated.

Event 263
Time-Service
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
W32time Service configuration parameters have been updated. This may impact the fine-grained time synchronization accuracy.
Updated Configuration:
…
Updated Time Providers:
…System Tick Count: …
For more information, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=845961.

Unit has performed … power cycles out of a possible

Event 263
StorPort
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
Unit has performed … power cycles out of a possible ….

End starting system start drivers part 2

Event 263
Kernel-PnP
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
End starting system start drivers part 2

WDDM graphics mode is enabled

Event 263
TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager
TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Operational log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
WDDM graphics mode is enabled