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title: "VPS - Enable Windows boot logs"
description: "Windows boot logs allow you to identify the drivers and services loaded during system startup.\\"
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/vps/windows-boot-logs
lang: en
---
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# VPS - Enable Windows boot logs

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](https://us.ovhcloud.com/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](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/vps/using-kvm-for-vps.md).

2. Open the Windows `Start` menu and click `Run`.

3. Type "msconfig" and click `OK`.

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

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](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/vps/recover-rescue-mode.md)".

 

## Go further

[Change the administrator password on a Windows server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/reset-administrator-password-windows-server.md)

[VPS FAQ](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/vps/faq.md)

[SSH introduction](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/ssh-introduction.md)

[Secure a VPS](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/vps/secure-your-vps.md)

[How to recover access to the server if you lose the user password](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/replacing-user-password.md)

Browse all the [Virtual Private Servers guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/vps/landing-page-vps.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [VPS](https://us.ovhcloud.com/vps/) on the OVHcloud US website.