# Unable to start filebeat on server 2008 r2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-filebeat-on-server-2008-r2/357007>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-filebeat-on-server-2008-r2/357007 "2024-04-08T17:53:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-filebeat-on-server-2008-r2/357007/1 "2024-04-08T17:53:54Z")

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I am having trouble starting filebeat on my server 2008 r2. I have uninstalled and reinstalled filebeat to ensure a fresh and clean installation. When i try to start the service i get.

Windows could not start the filebeat service on the local computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

When i try to run filebeat from the command line i get this.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7f843c426d3601e15db6e6d3c3db80e25279c853.png)

No sure what i am looking at in the command line but it doesn't seem like its running either way. I also enabled debugging but there is no log folder generated nor is there a filebeat folder created in C:\ProgramData