[gptalk] Re: UserEnv... Finally gone from Vista?
- From: FlowMaN <flowman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:55:25 +0100
I tried it. Without the reg key, there is no gpsvc.log. After I have set the
key, the gpsvc.log appeared in the debug folder, and the file's content &
structure are similar than the old userenv.log. I don't know the official
statement about this behaviour. ;)
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Otto Horvath
[MS MVP - Group Policy]
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK. Well the reg value that you put forward is not supposed to enable
> verbose gpsvc.log logging, at least not according to what MS told me back
> in the Vista beta days. That log requires a different reg hack.
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> Darren
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> *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *FlowMaN
> *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 12:46 PM
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> *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Re: UserEnv... Finally gone from Vista?
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> Yes, there is no userenv.log at all, I mistyped the file name. :)
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> *%Systemroot%\Debug\UserMode\gpsvc.log*
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> --
> Otto Horvath
> [MS MVP - Group Policy]
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> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> The last time I looked, userenv in Vista no longer held detailed GP
> related data. That had all been moved to the Operational log and gpsvc.log,
> which contains much more low level detail than userenv used to.
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> Microsoft does provide a nifty command-line utility for view the
> Operational Log data, called GPLogView. Its at www.codeplex.com/gplogviewand
> in fact you can download its source code from there as well. It has some
> cool features, including real-time monitoring of Ops Log data—you can
> actually see the GP events scroll onto the screen as GP is refreshing.
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> Darren
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> *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Alan & Margaret
> *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 12:31 PM
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> *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Re: UserEnv... Finally gone from Vista?
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> Gee Whiz. I thought I had tried that, but miss-spelt it. Now it works..,
> Thanks
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> *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *FlowMaN
> *Sent:* Saturday, 8 March 2008 7:13 AM
> *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Re: UserEnv... Finally gone from Vista?
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> Same reg key as Windows XP or Server 2003.
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> *Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE**
> Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon
> Name: UserenvDebugLevel
> Type: REG_DWORD
> UserenvDebugLevel=30002*
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> *File path:*
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> *%Systemroot%\Debug\UserMode\Userenv.log*
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> --
> Otto Horvath
> [MS MVP - Group Policy]
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> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Alan & Margaret <syspro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Some of you may know of my free program that formats the UserEnv log so
> that you can see what is happening with Group Policy Processing.
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> When Vista was first released, the file was renamed to gpsvc.log with
> minor changes to the format.
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> My latest release of Vista seems to have removed it totally, placing
> information in the event viewer instead. Does anyone know if there is a
> registry key to reenable it… or is it gone for good?
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> Alan Cuthbertson
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