Turn on logging
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Event Log Service > Setup
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting turns on logging. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, then events can be written to this log. If the policy setting is disabled, then no new events can be logged. Events can always be read from the log, regardless of this policy setting.

Internal name
Channel_LogEnabled
Policy ID
f0f9f89f4c05
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog\Setup
Value name
Enabled
REG_SZ
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_SZ · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog\Setup
Value name
Enabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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