Specify Level of Detail in the NAP Trace Log

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012

Specifying the detail that is recorded in the NAP trace log

  • Using the Windows interface

  • Using a command line

To specify the detail that is recorded in the NAP trace log by using the Windows interface

  1. To open the NAP client configuration console, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Run, type NAPCLCFG.MSC, and click OK.

  2. In the console tree, right-click NAP Client Configuration(Local Computer), and click Properties.

  3. In the NAP Client Configuration(Local Computer) Properties dialog box, confirm that Enabled is chosen.

  4. Under Specify the level of detail at which the tracing logs are written, select Basic, Advanced, or Debug.

Additional considerations

  • To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

To specify the detail that is recorded in the NAP trace log by using a command line

  1. To open a command prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and click Command Prompt.

  2. To configure NAP tracing, do one of the following:

    1. To configure NAP tracing so that basic information is recorded, type: netsh nap client set tracing state = enable level = basic

    2. To configure NAP tracing so that advanced information is recorded, type: netsh nap client set tracing state = enable level = advanced

    3. To configure NAP tracing so that debug information is recorded, type: netsh nap client set tracing state = enable level = verbose

Additional considerations

  • To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

Additional references

Configure NAP Tracing