Excessive Security Log Events - Event ID 5379 - Windows 10

Anonymous
2020-04-26T06:15:06+00:00

I have been experiencing Windows Application crashes on my 3 month old Windows 10 install. While troubleshooting, I noticed that there 50+ security events each minute in the Event Viewer under Windows Logs > Security.  

Is this normal?  

The majority are Audit Success Messages with the Event ID 5379.  There are approximately 50 of these identical messages every minute. Thanks for any insight on this.

See below for typical Message:

Credential Manager credentials were read.

Subject:

Security ID: DESKTOP\*****

Account Name: *****

Account Domain: DESKTOP

Logon ID: 0x354889

Read Operation: Enumerate Credentials

This event occurs when a user performs a read operation on stored credentials in Credential Manager.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-26T06:19:24+00:00

    What OS build are you on?  Hit the Windows key, type winver, hit Enter.

    Or Windows key+r, winver, OK

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-26T07:00:41+00:00

    Windows 10 Pro

    Ver 1909 (OS Build 18363.778)

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-27T01:43:15+00:00

    I re-installed Windows and still experiencing the same issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-04-27T07:04:07+00:00

    I am facing the same issue. However Windows does not crash. It is just does nothing for 1-4 seconds. It is even impossible to move the mouse pointer. This happens roughly every 15 minutes.  I am using Microsoft Windows Home Version 1909 (Build 18363.778).

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-05-11T05:50:55+00:00

    Having same issue. If I find a fix I'll post it. I hope ya'll do the same.

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