Windows Security Log Event ID 4945

4945: A rule was listed when the Windows Firewall started

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This event is logged aproximately 1.7 bazillion times everytime Windows Firewall starts which results in a full record of all rules that were in place at the time Windows Firewall started. 

These rules are defined in Group Policy and in the Windows Firewall with Advanced Services MMC console.

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