Faxsetup Log File

[Guest Lesley]

In C:\Windows I have a Notepad File called faxsetup.log

 

This File is added to at every StartUp and is now over 2 Mb

 

I do no thave a Fax Machine and the Windows Fax Services Component is not

Installed

 

So - what created this File originally and what is causing it to grow all

the time?

 

Is there some Service Running which I can stop?

 

Thanks

[Guest SonomaAirporter]

RE: Faxsetup Log File

 

I'm not sure this is much help. But, I have the same file in c:\windows and

itis modified every month or two when I boot up. And, it's size is only 150K.

Since it's a log file, you could probably delete it and it will be recreated

the next time it's called for. At least, you could rename it before deleting

in case you need to bring it back to life.

 

Les

 

"Lesley" wrote:

> In C:\Windows I have a Notepad File called faxsetup.log

>

> This File is added to at every StartUp and is now over 2 Mb

>

> I do no thave a Fax Machine and the Windows Fax Services Component is not

> Installed

>

> So - what created this File originally and what is causing it to grow all

> the time?

>

> Is there some Service Running which I can stop?

>

> Thanks

[Guest Lesley]

RE: Faxsetup Log File

 

Thanks for the Reply

 

I have Re-named it to Faxsetup old and it has Re-created itself - it is now

only 100Kb but still continues to grow

 

Since I don't have the Windows Fax Services Installed I can't think what is

adding to it all the time

 

"SonomaAirporter" wrote:

> I'm not sure this is much help. But, I have the same file in c:\windows and

> itis modified every month or two when I boot up. And, it's size is only 150K.

> Since it's a log file, you could probably delete it and it will be recreated

> the next time it's called for. At least, you could rename it before deleting

> in case you need to bring it back to life.

>

> Les

>

> "Lesley" wrote:

>

> > In C:\Windows I have a Notepad File called faxsetup.log

> >

> > This File is added to at every StartUp and is now over 2 Mb

> >

> > I do no thave a Fax Machine and the Windows Fax Services Component is not

> > Installed

> >

> > So - what created this File originally and what is causing it to grow all

> > the time?

> >

> > Is there some Service Running which I can stop?

> >

> > Thanks

[Guest Lesley]

Re: Faxsetup Log File

 

Thanks for the info

 

I found FxsOCM.inf but it is a Notepad File, are you suggesting I Edit this?

 

If so what do I change to what?

 

Thanks

 

"... et al." wrote:

> Lesley wrote:

>

> > In C:\Windows I have a Notepad File called faxsetup.log

> >

> > This File is added to at every StartUp and is now over 2 Mb

> >

> > I do no thave a Fax Machine and the Windows Fax Services Component is not

> > Installed

> >

> > So - what created this File originally and what is causing it to grow all

> > the time?

> >

> > Is there some Service Running which I can stop?

>

> When does this log update? For me it gets appended/recreated

> (every time?) when i explicitly run an update for the WinXP OS.

> I guess that for people that have ms 'Automatic Update' service

> running it will happen at, say, unpredictable occasions.

>

>

> Looking in the [FaxSetup.log] log i see strings like "OC Manager

> version: 0x50000, FaxOcm Expected Version: 0x50000, seems OK" and

> "fxocDbg_Term"

>

> Optional Component = OC

> OC Manager = OCM

>

> No file with name 'FaxOcm' in it does exist on my machine, but

> files [FxsOCM.inf] and [FxsOCM.dll] does. If you look at the

> 'Original File name' for [FxsOCM.dll] (description 'Fax Optional

> Component Installer') it turns out to be ... [FaxOCM.dll].

>

> [FxsOCM.inf] lets you specify the debug logging-level from the

> default more verbose down to no logging (even if it claims the

> log, [FaxSetup.log], is written to %Temp% and not %WinDir% where

> it actually is located). Even if choosing no logging the

> [FaxSetup.log] file will still be touched/recreated when an

> update is done, but it will not grow any more.

>

>

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[Guest ... et al.]

Re: Faxsetup Log File

 

Lesley wrote:

> In C:\Windows I have a Notepad File called faxsetup.log

>

> This File is added to at every StartUp and is now over 2 Mb

>

> I do no thave a Fax Machine and the Windows Fax Services Component is not

> Installed

>

> So - what created this File originally and what is causing it to grow all

> the time?

>

> Is there some Service Running which I can stop?

 

When does this log update? For me it gets appended/recreated

(every time?) when i explicitly run an update for the WinXP OS.

I guess that for people that have ms 'Automatic Update' service

running it will happen at, say, unpredictable occasions.

 

 

Looking in the [FaxSetup.log] log i see strings like "OC Manager

version: 0x50000, FaxOcm Expected Version: 0x50000, seems OK" and

"fxocDbg_Term"

 

Optional Component = OC

OC Manager = OCM

 

No file with name 'FaxOcm' in it does exist on my machine, but

files [FxsOCM.inf] and [FxsOCM.dll] does. If you look at the

'Original File name' for [FxsOCM.dll] (description 'Fax Optional

Component Installer') it turns out to be ... [FaxOCM.dll].

 

[FxsOCM.inf] lets you specify the debug logging-level from the

default more verbose down to no logging (even if it claims the

log, [FaxSetup.log], is written to %Temp% and not %WinDir% where

it actually is located). Even if choosing no logging the

[FaxSetup.log] file will still be touched/recreated when an

update is done, but it will not grow any more.

 

 

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[Guest ... et al.]

Re: Faxsetup Log File

 

Lesley wrote:

> Thanks for the info

>

> I found FxsOCM.inf but it is a Notepad File, are you suggesting I Edit this?

>

> If so what do I change to what?

>

> Thanks

 

If you feel unsure it's easiest to just move or rename the

[FaxSetup.log] file and then a couple of days later, when that

didn't cause any problems, delete it.

 

But if you decide to edit the [FxsOCM.inf] file, the info for

that is in the file itself .. like this:

; DebugLevel can be one of the following:

; 0 - no debug output

; 1 - see errors only

; 2 - see errors & warnings

; 3 - see all the debug output

 

Then a few lines further down is the actual entry to edit:

DebugLevel = 3

 

Personally i have changed that line to:

DebugLevel = 2

 

After i did that my [FaxSetup.log] file stays empty.

 

> "... et al." wrote:

>

>> [FxsOCM.inf] lets you specify the debug logging-level from the

>> default more verbose down to no logging (even if it claims the

>> log, [FaxSetup.log], is written to %Temp% and not %WinDir% where

>> it actually is located). Even if choosing no logging the

>> [FaxSetup.log] file will still be touched/recreated when an

>> update is done, but it will not grow any more.

 

 

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[Guest Lesley]

Re: Faxsetup Log File

 

Thanks

 

I will Edit it as you suggest

 

 

 

"... et al." wrote:

> Lesley wrote:

>

> > Thanks for the info

> >

> > I found FxsOCM.inf but it is a Notepad File, are you suggesting I Edit this?

> >

> > If so what do I change to what?

> >

> > Thanks

>

> If you feel unsure it's easiest to just move or rename the

> [FaxSetup.log] file and then a couple of days later, when that

> didn't cause any problems, delete it.

>

> But if you decide to edit the [FxsOCM.inf] file, the info for

> that is in the file itself .. like this:

> ; DebugLevel can be one of the following:

> ; 0 - no debug output

> ; 1 - see errors only

> ; 2 - see errors & warnings

> ; 3 - see all the debug output

>

> Then a few lines further down is the actual entry to edit:

> DebugLevel = 3

>

> Personally i have changed that line to:

> DebugLevel = 2

>

> After i did that my [FaxSetup.log] file stays empty.

>

>

> > "... et al." wrote:

> >

>

> >> [FxsOCM.inf] lets you specify the debug logging-level from the

> >> default more verbose down to no logging (even if it claims the

> >> log, [FaxSetup.log], is written to %Temp% and not %WinDir% where

> >> it actually is located). Even if choosing no logging the

> >> [FaxSetup.log] file will still be touched/recreated when an

> >> update is done, but it will not grow any more.

>

>

> --

> "26, 27, 28, 29, i'm gonna make your face look just like mine

> Five, four, three, two, one, Cassius Clay you'd better run"

>

> Please followup in the newsgroup.

> E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

>