# Restart Log Collector Agent - Windows

<p class="callout info">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Brief Description</span>**  
**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Log Collector Agent is a single, unified tool that simplifies adding monitoring capabilities to your</span>**  
**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">systems. It can collect various data types, including logs, metrics, and security</span>**  
**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">information, from your hosts.</span>**</p>

<p class="callout success">  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Locating Log Collector Agent Service</span>  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1.Task Manager</span>  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Open Task Manager, press Win + Q or use Windows search for searching “Task Manager”</span></p>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/28Kes96XIgS756qt-image.png)](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/28Kes96XIgS756qt-image.png)</span>

<p class="callout success"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After opening the Task Manager, locate and press the Services button on the Left side of the Task</span>  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Manager. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At the uppermost of the Task Manager, there will be a search bar to filter and search the Services in</span>  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">your System. Just type elastic agent.</span></p>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/EHGbish7aA3QwxyI-image.png)](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/EHGbish7aA3QwxyI-image.png)</span>

<p class="callout success"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After filtering the Services, you will notice two Elastic Services, choose only the “Elastic Agent”</span>  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">service. To restart the service, use the right click on your mouse to “restart” the service.</span></p>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[![image.png](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/8BbCnpylr8dABKki-image.png)](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/8BbCnpylr8dABKki-image.png)</span>