Windows 7 startup

[ricki]

Hi

 

I am sorry my mind has gone blank. What to I have to change in Group Policy to see whats happening on a windows 7 machine at startup. We are doing our first tests on windows 7 and a machine that just sits saying please wait for ages would confuse the staff here and they would turn it off.

 

Richard

[EJWill]

You need to enable verbose logging.

 

Computer Configuration > Policies (2008 GPO) > Administrative Templates > System > Verbose vs normal status messages

Edited January 14, 2010 by EJWill

[ricki]

Hi

 

Can I do this using verbose logging on a windows 2003 domain or do I have to upgrade to windows 2008 to get it to work.

 

Richard

[sted]

Hi

 

Can I do this using verbose logging on a windows 2003 domain or do I have to upgrade to windows 2008 to get it to work.

 

Richard

 

you can always use gpmc on a win7 box to do it if the option dosent appear on the 2k3 server

[EJWill]

Hi

 

Can I do this using verbose logging on a windows 2003 domain or do I have to upgrade to windows 2008 to get it to work.

 

Richard

 

It's in the same location for both 2008 and 2003. Just 2008 has an extra folder called Policies before you get to Administrative Templates.