# Winlogbeat stop and start services

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-stop-and-start-services/343282>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** beats-module\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-stop-and-start-services/343282 "2023-09-18T17:13:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JJ007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jj007/32/124111_2.png) [@JJ007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JJ007)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-stop-and-start-services/343282/1 "2023-09-18T17:13:13Z")

</div>

Hi, We are having issues stoping and starting winlogbeat agent. It eventually timeouts . Process kill seems ok.Is there any known issue around this?

We are just using Powershell scrip to stop and start the service.

Secondly, what process/house keeping happens before it turns off the service?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![grfneto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/grfneto/32/125776_2.png) [@grfneto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/grfneto)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-stop-and-start-services/343282/2 "2023-09-18T18:01:33Z")

</div>

Hi @JJ007

What's the version of winlogbeat?

[Start Winlogbeat | Winlogbeat Reference [8.10] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/winlogbeat-starting.html)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JJ007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jj007/32/124111_2.png) [@JJ007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JJ007)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-stop-and-start-services/343282/3 "2023-09-18T21:45:44Z")

</div>

Hi @grfneto , we re using the latest 8.9.1

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![grfneto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/grfneto/32/125776_2.png) [@grfneto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/grfneto)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-stop-and-start-services/343282/4 "2023-09-28T21:43:37Z")

</div>

@JJ007

Are you running with administrator permission?

Have you checked if there is any important information in the logs?

C:\ProgramData\winlogbeat\Logs\winlogbeat

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-stop-and-start-services/343282/5 "2023-10-26T23:44:37Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.