Unable to Disable Print Event Logging in Windows NT 3.5

 Last reviewed: August 22, 1996
Article ID: Q124549
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

In Windows NT version 3.1, it was possible to disable event logging for all printing-related events by using the following Registry entry: 

   EventLog
   ========

   Disable Event logging from the Spooler (disabled by default)

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
      \Print\Providers

      Add Value: "EventLog"

      Data Type: REG_DWORD

      Set the data = 0
This same setting should work under Windows NT version 3.5, but it does not; printing events are still written to the event log.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbprint kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp2
KBSubcategory: ntprint NTSrvWkst
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50

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Last reviewed: August 22, 1996
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