How to enable verbose logging in windows based computer

Verbose messages are windows messages that you will get, if your computer perform a shutdown, restart, logon or logoff. If you have earlier used windows server version then you have noticed that before shutdown, restart, logon or logoff your server, you have to type a message in a small text box, this is the verbose message in windows. It can be enabled in Windows XP and Windows 7 also through a little trick or hack you can say.

There are two ways through which you can enable verbose logging in windows based computer. First is the Group Policy and second is the Registry Editing.

       By using Group Policy : 

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
3. Expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, and then click System.
4. In the right pane, double-click Verbose vs normal status messages.
5. Click Enabled, and then click apply and OK.
6. Close Group Policy Object Editor, and then click OK.

Note : Windows ignores this setting if the Remove Boot / Shutdown / Logon / Logoff status messages setting is turned on.

            
       By using Registry Editing :         

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
4. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
5. Type verbosestatus, and then press ENTER.

       7.    Double-click the new key that you created, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.

        

            8. Quit Registry Editor.

This is the best way to know what your system is going to do or where it stucks? This is the only way that you will get to know about your system’s intention. You can do it from any way.