Policy

Turn on logging

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.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Event Log Service / Setup
Policy IDf0f9f89f4c05
Internal nameChannel_LogEnabled

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog\Setup\Enabled (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog\Setup\Enabled (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

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