# Windows could not start the elastic winglogbeat-Oss 8.3.3 service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455 "2022-10-12T16:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![iqworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@iqworks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iqworks)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/1 "2022-10-12T16:45:16Z")

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Hi, I installed winlogbeat. I tried to start the service and I got this?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/d/fda318b7097cf977cf4289c2066161e13b736b53.png)

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/2 "2022-10-13T02:07:54Z")

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Did you check the logs for the beat to see if there is anything there?

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**Author:** ![iqworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@iqworks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iqworks)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/3 "2022-10-14T16:45:30Z")

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NO, but I will. Which logs should I look for?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/4 "2022-10-17T02:08:37Z")

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Posting them would help, we can guide you.

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**Author:** ![iqworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@iqworks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iqworks)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/5 "2022-10-19T17:40:06Z")

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Hi warkolm, I believe your talking about my event viewer on my windows machine?  
Is there anything i should be looking for, or, just anything?  
thanks for your advice and suggestions

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/6 "2022-10-19T21:34:37Z")

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Your Winlogbeat logs.

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**Author:** ![iqworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@iqworks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iqworks)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/7 "2022-10-22T15:40:06Z")

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This is on windows, do i have a log on windows? I am not sure that I will generate any logs on windows unless I can start this service?  
thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-could-not-start-the-elastic-winglogbeat-oss-8-3-3-service/316455/8 "2022-11-19T17:41:03Z")

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