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Configure Devices preference logging and tracing

This policy setting allows you to configure the level of detail recorded by event logging for the Devices preference extension, and to turn on tracing for the Devices extension. Logging and tracing provide diagnostic information for troubleshooting. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure event logging and turn on tracing for the Devices extension for client computers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, by default event logging for this extension includes only warnings and errors, and tracing for this extension is turned off. Notes: 1. User Configuration tracing: To perform tracing for items in this preference extension listed under User Configuration, you must provide a path in the "User trace" box to the location where a user trace file can be created on the client computer, and you must turn on the "Tracing" option. If there are no preference items under User Configuration in this extension, no user trace file is created. 2. Computer Configuration tracing: This preference extension is available under User Configuration only, so computer configuration tracing is not applicable. 3. Group Policy Modeling query tracing: To perform tracing for items in this preference extension when you perform a Group Policy Modeling query, you must provide a path in the "Planning trace" box to the location where a planning trace file can be created on the computer where you run modeling, and you must turn on the "Tracing" option. If you are not performing Group Policy Modeling or there are no preference items in this extension, no planning trace file is created.

Policy Details

Policy Name
CSE_Devices_Logging
Registry Key
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{1A6364EB-776B-4120-ADE1-B63A406A76B5}
Supported On
At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP2
Available Languages
en-us

Configuration Elements

Event logging

Type: enum

Allowed Values
  • 3 Informational, Warnings and Errors
  • 2 Warnings and Errors
  • 1 Errors Only
  • 0 None

Tracing

Type: enum

Allowed Values
  • 2 On
  • 0 Off

Maximum size of trace file (KB)

Type: decimal

Default: 1024

Max: 16384

User trace

Type: text

Default: %COMMONAPPDATA%\GroupPolicy\Preference\Trace\User.log

Expandable: true

Computer trace

Type: text

Default: %COMMONAPPDATA%\GroupPolicy\Preference\Trace\Computer.log

Expandable: true

Planning trace

Type: text

Default: %COMMONAPPDATA%\GroupPolicy\Preference\Trace\Planning.log

Expandable: true