How to Change the Event Logging Level for Certificate Services (305018)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q305018

SUMMARY

This article describes how to change the level of Certificate services logging on Windows Server 2003 to increase or decrease the sensitivity of events that will be recorded in the Application event log. This may be useful for troubleshooting purposes.

MORE INFORMATION

You can increase the logging level of the Certificate service in the event log for troubleshooting. This causes Certificate services to log more frequent and verbose Application Event log entries. To increase the logging level of the Certificate service, run the certutil -setreg ca\loglevel logging level you want to use command at a command prompt, and then restart the service. The following ranges are available:

0 CERTLOG_MINIMAL
1 CERTLOG_TERSE
2 CERTLOG_ERROR
3 CERTLOG_WARNING (Default)
4 CERTLOG_VERBOSE

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/8/2005
Keywords:kbSecurityServices kbSecurity kbhowto KB305018
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