Is there a way to set/increase the max file size of the WindowsUpdate.Log file for Windows 7 PCs? Currently the file size, on my systems, seems to be restricted to 1MB. I need a larger file size because current information is only going back one day.
To be clear:
For a certain class of machines (Kiosk machines) I have enabled a Group Policy Settings to prevent the Reboot Now / Postpone popup window for a logged in user.
- User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update/Remove access to use all Windows Update features (enabled)/Configure notifications (0-Do not show any notifications).
This seems to suppress all popups; but litters the WindowsUpdate.log file with the following entries:
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2013-09-23 03:30:11:392 1088 dbc AU Launched new AU client for directive 'Reboot Pending', session id = 0x1
2013-09-23 03:30:11:436 1088 1338 AU Windows Update is disabled by policy for use
2013-09-23 03:30:11:441 1088 dbc AU AU received handle event
2013-09-23 03:30:26:445 1088 dbc Misc WARNING: IsSessionNonstandardUI: session 65536 is an unknown session type 0; treating it as a standard session
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These entries are repeated every minute or so, leaving no space for "normal" log entries and limiting our ability to investigate patching status/issues.
I would consider either of the following acceptable solutions:
- A way to eliminate/reduce the number of times the above error is written to the log.
- A way to increase the log file size on the client to 10MB so the information is available for more than one day.
Thanks in advance for any advice.