Pharos PC Release Station slows down to a crawl

Locate the path configured as the log file of the PC Pharos Release Station:

1. Open the Windows Registry Editor on the workstation running PC Pharos Release Station.

2. Navigate to the registry path below depending on the architecture of the machine.     

   1. 32-bit = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Pharos\Station\Log\Filename      

   2. 64-bit = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Pharos\Station\Log\Filename

Choose one of the solutions below.

1. Run the PC Pharos Release Station as a user who has permission to write to C:\Program Files\Pharos\Temp\pstation.log.txt

2. Change the path configured as the log file of the PC Pharos Release Station.

   • Open the Windows Registry Editor

   • Locate the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Pharos\Station\Log\Filename, or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Pharos\Station\Log\Filename

   • The key named "Filename" is absolute file path of the log file.  Change file path to a location where users have permission to write files.

3. Disable logging by the PC Pharos Release Station.

   • Open the Windows Registry Editor

   • Locate the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Pharos\Station\Log\Filename, or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Pharos\Station\Log\Filename

   • Edit the key named "Filename" and clear its value, i.e. leave it blank

   • Logging for the PC Pharos Release Station is disabled when its log file path is blank.