# How to check when the Windows server crashed?
Open **Event Viewer** on your Windows server.
On the **Event Viewer** window, expand the drop-down on the left menu for **Windows Logs** and select **System.** Then on the right menu click **Filter Current Log**.
On the **Filter Current Log** window, check the boxes for **Critical**, **Warning**, and **Information**. For the event ID, enter **6005** and click **OK**.
Now you will see the logs for all events with event ID **6005**, you can click them and read the description and details of each event to find the reason for the unexpected crash.
