XCCC: How to Enable Verbose Logging Before Installing Conferencing Server (288942)

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Verbose logging can be an important tool for troubleshooting Setup issues. However, by default, Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server does not log any information during Setup.

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To enable verbose logging of Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server Setup, add the following registry value on the computer on which you will install Conferencing Server:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
Value: Logging
Type: REG_WORD
Data: imop!uwearcv

The logging file is named Msi####.log and is located in the Temp folder. To quickly locate this folder, type the following command at a command prompt:

cd /d %temp%