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How do I enable Windows Tracing for the eFORMz port monitor?

April 26, 2017eformz enable monitor port tracing Windows

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How do I enable Windows Tracing for the eFORMz port monitor?

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Should you need to enable tracing, we highly recommend that you save your registry before making any of the following changes: 1. Enable Record file capture on your eFORMz port monitor printer. From Start > Settings > Printers select the port monitor printer. Right click and select Properties. From the Ports tab select Configure Port. The Configure dialog box will then display: Check – Record file capture in Event log A trace file (efzmon.tra) is created in your \WINNT\SYSTEM32 folder. Event log and trace information is appended to this file as activity occurs. 2. From your Start menu select RUN > REGEDIT. 3. The Registry Editor will then appear. Go to the following folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ Print\Monitors\eFORMz Port\ 4. Under the above key, create a DWORD item called Trace. Set to 1 to trace, 0 no trace. Once tracing has been enabled, the Print Spooler and TCP/IP Print Server must be restarted for this setting to take affect. 1. From your Start menu