# Winlogbeat cannot start service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-cannot-start-service/284332>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-cannot-start-service/284332 "2021-09-15T20:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![marshallamey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@marshallamey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marshallamey)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-cannot-start-service/284332/1 "2021-09-15T20:36:12Z")

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Hello,  
I am having the issue where I can start the winlogbeat application from PowerShell or CMD, but when I try to start the service I get the errors:

(from services.msc) =\> Error 1053: The serivce did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

(from Powershell) =\> Service 'winlogbeat' cannot be started due to the following error: Cannot start service winlogbeat on computer '.'.

I have run the test config command and it comes back OK.  
I have run `.\winlogbeat.exe -c- .winlogbeat.yml -e -v -d "*"` and I get all my logs in Kibana just fine. The only issue is starting the service.

What should I do?

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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:** [October 13, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-cannot-start-service/284332/2 "2021-10-13T22:36:31Z")

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