EventLog Entry

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

EventLog

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers

Data type Range Default value

REG_DWORD

0x0–0x1F (bitmask)

Windows XP Professional: 0x1B (11011) Windows Server 2003: 0x1F (11111)

Description

Specifies the level of detail of events that the print spooler logs for local print jobs.

The value of this entry is a bitmask. To direct the print spooler to log entries of the type specified, either set the bit representing that type to 1 or sum the hexadecimal values of all desired types. For example, the default value for Windows Server 2003 (11111) indicates that the print spooler logs all events. The default value for Windows XP Professional (11011) indicates that the print spooler logs all events except information.

Value Event type

0x0 (0 binary)

Success

0x1 (1 binary)

Error

0x2 (10 binary)

Warning

0x4 (100 binary)

Information

0x8 (1000 binary)

Audit success

0x10 (10000 binary)

Audit failure

 

Change Method

To change the value of this entry, from the Start menu, point to Settings, and click Printers. From the File menu, click Server Properties, click the Advanced tab, and then select or clear the check boxes representing each event type.

See Also

Concepts

Providers\EventLog