.LOG file for XP install.....?

[mukeshnuna]

hi...just curiosu to know whether can we specify xp installation to make its log of wht it did in the whole installation in C:...or wherever we want...!

so that we cud know whts installed....or stuff like that.??

[Alanoll]

there are already ones created by Windows install.

just open up a search window and ahve it search for *.log

that will bring up the logs. The ones you're lookin for are in Windows or in a subfolder in Windows.

[TWILL]

Maybe this is what you are looking for.

Taken from Gosh's tips and tricks http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=9453

Tip #1: make a log file:

Unattended installs can be hard to troubleshoot. What i like to do is make a log file, which makes it easier to see where the problem is. To make a log file, have each command end in >> logfile.txt

An example from my current apps.bat file:

QUOTE

@ECHO OFF

ECHO Apps.bat, version %cdver% >> %windir%\apps.log

ECHO Logging started:  %date% %time% >> %windir%\apps.log

ECHO Computer:  %computername >> %windir%\apps.log

ECHO User:  %username% >> %windir%\apps.log

@echo.  >> %windir%\apps.log

@echo.  >> %windir%\apps.log

This will log information to apps.log.