Enabling and disabling NAP tracing

To enable or disable NAP tracing by using the Windows interface

  1. To open the NAP Client Configuration console, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Run, type NAPCLCFG.MSC, and then click OK.

  2. Right-click NAP Client Configuration(Local Computer), and then click Properties.

  3. In the NAP Client Configuration(Local Computer) Properties dialog box, select Enabled or Disabled.

Additional considerations

  • To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

To enable or disable NAP tracing by using a command line

  1. To open a command prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.

  2. To enable or disable NAP tracing, do one of the following:

    1. To enable NAP tracing, type: netsh nap client set tracing state = enable

    2. To disable NAP tracing, type: netsh nap client set tracing state = disable

Additional considerations

  • To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

Additional references

  • Configure NAP Tracing
  • Specify Level of Detail in the NAP Tracing Log