# Winlogbeat service doesnot startup in Windows 10

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-service-doesnot-startup-in-windows-10/106881>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [November 8, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-service-doesnot-startup-in-windows-10/106881 "2017-11-08T14:09:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@elasticguy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticguy)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-service-doesnot-startup-in-windows-10/106881/1 "2017-11-08T14:09:46Z")

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Hi,

I am newbie to ELK and trying to get logs from windows 10 to logstash and then forward to elasticsearch. But Winlogbeat service is not coming up it just always appear as "stopped". any suggestion?

Thank you in Advance.

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-service-doesnot-startup-in-windows-10/106881/2 "2017-11-13T19:43:24Z")

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Have you checked the log file for errors?

Have you tried running the `-configtest`? (See [Step 3](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/winlogbeat-configuration.html))

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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:** [December 11, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-service-doesnot-startup-in-windows-10/106881/3 "2017-12-11T19:43:25Z")

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