# Alloy on Windows: disable reporting, control own logs with config?

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/alloy-on-windows-disable-reporting-control-own-logs-with-config/141003>\
**Category:** Grafana Alloy\
**Tags:** windows, config-help\
**Created:** [January 23, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/alloy-on-windows-disable-reporting-control-own-logs-with-config/141003 "2025-01-23T11:06:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/alloy-on-windows-disable-reporting-control-own-logs-with-config/141003/1 "2025-01-23T11:06:25Z")

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I have a bunch of windows servers running Alloy. They do not have any internet connection, so windows events become flooded with “failed to report usage” messages. Minutely!  
How do I prevent Alloy from sending stats?  
Or, how do I control/drop those events from being sent to windows events?  
Using CLI key `--disable-reporting` is not an option, as it requires modifying windows service.  
Need config keys to control both.