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Does anyone know if there is a way to log GPO msi installs so that it is easy to see what app has been deployed to each pc?
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Nick S
14 years ago
Hi Sean,
Hope this helps.
To enable verbose logging
1.Log onto the client computer as the administrator and run Regedit.
2.Locate the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
3.Right click Winlogon, select New, and then click DWORD Value.
4.Enter the following name for the DWORD Value: UserEnvDebugLevel.
5.Enter 30002 as the hexadecimal value. This writes the userenv into userenv.log, located in the \%windir%\debug directory.
6.Run "gpupdate /force" to ensure a full listing of total Group Policy processing.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775423(WS.10).aspx
Hope this helps.
To enable verbose logging
1.Log onto the client computer as the administrator and run Regedit.
2.Locate the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
3.Right click Winlogon, select New, and then click DWORD Value.
4.Enter the following name for the DWORD Value: UserEnvDebugLevel.
5.Enter 30002 as the hexadecimal value. This writes the userenv into userenv.log, located in the \%windir%\debug directory.
6.Run "gpupdate /force" to ensure a full listing of total Group Policy processing.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775423(WS.10).aspx
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
Close...that key is the one for Group Policy logging. It won't trigger the logging of MSI installs. For that, you need this:
BTW, a simple search here on AppDeploy would have turned up this information in short order, as would using a little-known search engine called Google.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]
"Logging"="voicewarmup"
There is no need to restart the machine. Logs get written to %SystemRoot%\TEMP, prefixed with 'MSI' and a '.LOG' extension. This is an "all or nothing" policy and will thus record all MSI activity, including advertisements, so remember to disable logging when you're done.BTW, a simple search here on AppDeploy would have turned up this information in short order, as would using a little-known search engine called Google.

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