wevtutil set-log Microsoft-Windows-SmartCard-Audit/Authentication /enabled:true wevtutil set-log Microsoft-Windows-SmartCard-Operational /enabled:true This is NOT a Smart Card error, but often confused. Here is the correct meaning:
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @LogName='Microsoft-Windows-SmartCard-Audit/Authentication'; ID=624 | Format-List -Property * Would you like a sample script to parse Event 624 for failed smart card mappings?
Here is technical and troubleshooting content for related to the Smart Card Service in Windows.
This event is logged in the (not the System or Application log). Event ID 624: User Account Created Important Correction: In modern Windows versions (Vista through Windows 11), Event ID 624 is not related to Smart Cards. It is a legacy Security Audit event meaning "A user account was created."
If you are seeing in the Security log, it is a User Account Management event, not a Smart Card error.