Show Verbose Security Status Messages (Windows 2000/XP)

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Show Verbose Security Status Messages (Windows 2000/XP)
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This setting allows you to configure Windows so that you receive verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status messages. This may be helpful to in troubleshooting slow startup, shutdown, logon, or logoff behaviour.

Open your registry and find or create the key below.

To enable verbose status messages create a new DWORD value called "verbosestatus" and set it to "1".

An additional value called "DisableStatusMessages" forces status messages to be disabled, make sure this value does not exist or is set to "0".

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
verbosestatus	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
DisableStatusMessages	REG_DWORD	0x00000000 (0)


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Sy...

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System]
Name: verbosestatus
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = default, 1 = enable versbose status)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: August 9, 2002

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