Article ID: 316243
Article Last Modified on 11/28/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q316243
For a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP version of this article, see 325376.
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista
SUMMARY
This article describes how to configure Microsoft Windows 2000 so that you receive verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status messages. In scenarios where you are troubleshooting slow startup, shutdown, logon, or logoff behavior, you may find it helpful to enable verbose logging.
To enable verbose logging, use one of the methods that is described in this section.
Use Group Policy
You can use Group Policy to switch between normal and verbose status messages. If you are in a domain environment and you want to enable verbose logging on a group of computers, follow these steps:
- Start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
- Right-click the container for the domain or the organizational unit to which you want to apply the policy settings, and then click Properties.
- Click the Group Policy tab.
- Click New, and then type a descriptive name for the new Group Policy object (GPO) that is created.
- Click the new GPO and click Edit.
- Browse to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System.
- Double-click Verbose vs normal status messages, and then select Enable.
If you are using a standalone computer or if you want to enable verbose logging on only one computer, follow these steps:
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
- Browse to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System.
- Double-click Verbose vs normal status messages, and then click Enable. To force an immediate refresh of the computer policy settings, run the following command at a command prompt:
secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy /enforce
Use Registry Editor
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.
You can use Registry Editor to switch between normal and verbose status messages. To use Registry Editor to enable verbose logging, follow these steps:
- Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
- Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System - On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Double-click the new key that is created, type verbosestatus in the Value Name box, and then type 1 in the Data value box.
Note If the following key is present, and if the value is set to 1, status messages are not displayed:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableStatusMessages
MORE INFORMATION
If verbose logging is not enabled, you will still receive normal status messages such as "Applying your personal settings..." or "Applying computer settings..." when you start up, shut down, log on, or log off the computer. However, if verbose logging is enabled, you will receive additional information, such as "RPCSS is starting" or "Waiting for machine group policies to finish...."
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