How to enable logging in Windows Deployment Services (WDS) in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936625


Trace logs

To obtain trace information, you must enable tracing in the Windows Deployment Services server component. To do this, set the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WDSServer

Name: EnableFileTracing
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1
Then, configure the components that you want to be logged by setting one or more of the following registry keys to a 0 value.
  • Windows Deployment Services Dynamic Driver Provisioning Service (Windows Server 2008 R2 only)
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSDDPS\TraceDisabled
  • Windows Deployment Services Multicasting
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSMC\TraceDisabled
  • Windows Deployment Services PXE
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSPXE\TraceDisabled
  • Windows Deployment Services TFTP HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSTFTP\TraceDisabled
  • WDS servers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2also support the following additional tracingHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSTFTP\TraceFlags