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VPS - Enable Windows boot logs

Stephanie R.
Updated

Learn how to enable Windows boot logs on a server to help with the analysis and troubleshooting of your VPS.

Windows boot logs allow you to identify the drivers and services loaded during system startup.
They are particularly useful for diagnosing boot issues, blue screens, or system freezes.

 

Requirements

  • An active VPS offer in your OVHcloud Control Panel

 

Instructions

Enabling Windows boot logs

Windows boot logs can be useful for server error diagnostics.

To enable them, follow the steps below:

  1. Connect to your server via a remote desktop or a KVM session.

  2. Open the Windows Start menu and click Run.

    windows_runUtility.png

  3. Type "msconfig" and click OK.

    windows_runUtility_msconfig.png

  4. In the new window, enable the log option next to Boot log. Then click OK.

    windows_runUtility_activateLogs.png

At the next server startup, the logs will be saved in a .txt file. The file path is: C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt.

To access the log file in rescue mode, follow the instructions in the guide "Enable and use rescue mode on a VPS".

 

Go further

Change the administrator password on a Windows server

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For more information and tutorials, please see our other VPS support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.

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