# Winlogbeat install issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-install-issue/149211>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-install-issue/149211 "2018-09-20T02:24:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-install-issue/149211/1 "2018-09-20T02:24:43Z")

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Dear All,

I tried to install winlogbeat and it show success. However, there is no winlogbeat service shown in service. The other machine don't have this issue. May i know any idea?

The winlogbeat version is 6.2.4

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-install-issue/149211/2 "2018-09-20T10:22:37Z")

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Hi @peterch,

What do you see when you run the `install-service-winlogbeat.ps1` script? Did you run it as administrator?

You may need to run it with execution policy enabled:

```auto
PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-winlogbeat.ps1`

```

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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-install-issue/149211/3 "2018-10-05T04:01:16Z")

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I tried to run the command, it show success to install but cannot find the service.

> PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-winlogbeat.ps1

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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-install-issue/149211/4 "2018-10-08T01:32:01Z")

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can anyone help with this?

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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 5, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-install-issue/149211/5 "2018-11-05T03:32:03Z")

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