How to get the system uptime in Windows? - Stack Overflow

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How to get the system uptime in Windows? - Stack Overflow



Following are seven ways to find the Uptime in Windows OS.

1: By using the Task Manager

In Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the Task Manager has been beefed up to show additional information about the system. One of these pieces of info is the server’s running time.
  1. Right-click on the Taskbar, and click Task Manager. You can also click CTRL+SHIFT+ESCto get to the Task Manager.
  2. In Task Manager, select the Performance tab.
  3. The current system uptime is shown under System or Performance ⇒ CPU for Win 8/10.
    "Up Time" field in Task Manager

2: By using the System Information Utility

The systeminfo command line utility checks and displays various system statistics such as installation date, installed hotfixes and more. Open a Command Prompt and type the following command:
systeminfo
You can also narrow down the results to just the line you need:
systeminfo | find "System Boot Time:"
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3: By using the Uptime Utility

Microsoft have published a tool called Uptime.exe. It is a simple command line tool that analyses the computer's reliability and availability information. It can work locally or remotely. In its simple form, the tool will display the current system uptime. An advanced option allows you to access more detailed information such as shutdown, reboots, operating system crashes, and Service Pack installation.
Read the following KB for more info and for the download links:
To use it, follow these steps:
  1. Download uptime.exe from the above link, and save it to a folder, preferably in one that's in the system's path (such as SYSTEM32).
  2. Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To open an elevated Command Prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. You can also type CMD in the search box of the Start menu, and when you see the Command Prompt icon click on it to select it, hold CTRL+SHIFT and press ENTER.
  3. Navigate to where you've placed the uptime.exe utility.
  4. Run the uptime.exe utility. You can add a /? to the command in order to get more options.enter image description here
It does not offer many command line parameters:
C:\uptimefromcodeplex\> uptime /?
usage: Uptime [-V]
    -V   display version

C:\uptimefromcodeplex\> uptime -V
version 1.1.0

3.1: By using the old Uptime Utility

There is an older version of the "uptime.exe" utility. This has the advantage of NOT needing .NET. (It also has a lot more features beyond simple uptime.)
C:\uptimev100download>uptime.exe /?

UPTIME, Version 1.00
(C) Copyright 1999, Microsoft Corporation

Uptime [server] [/s ] [/a] [/d:mm/dd/yyyy | /p:n] [/heartbeat] [/? | /help]
        server          Name or IP address of remote server to process.
        /s              Display key system events and statistics.
        /a              Display application failure events (assumes /s).
        /d:             Only calculate for events after mm/dd/yyyy.
        /p:             Only calculate for events in the previous n days.
        /heartbeat      Turn on/off the system's heartbeat
        /?              Basic usage.
        /help           Additional usage information.

4: By using the NET STATISTICS Utility

Another easy method, if you can remember it, is to use the approximate information found in the statistics displayed by the NET STATISTICS command. Open a Command Prompt and type the following command:
net statistics workstation
The statistics should tell you how long it’s been running, although in some cases this information is not as accurate as other methods.
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5: By Using the Event Viewer

Probably the most accurate of them all, but it does require some clicking. It does not display an exact day or hour count since the last reboot, but it will display important information regarding why the computer was rebooted and when it did so. We need to look at Event ID 6005, which is an event that tells us that the computer has just finished booting, but you should be aware of the fact that there are virtually hundreds if not thousands of other event types that you could potentially learn from.
Note: BTW, the 6006 Event ID is what tells us when the server has gone down, so if there’s much time difference between the 6006 and 6005 events, the server was down for a long time.
Note: You can also open the Event Viewer by typing eventvwr.msc in the Run command, and you might as well use the shortcut found in the Administrative tools folder.
  1. Click on Event Viewer (Local) in the left navigation pane.
  2. In the middle pane, click on the Information event type, and scroll down till you see Event ID 6005. Double-click the 6005 Event ID, or right-click it and select View All Instances of This Event.
  3. A list of all instances of the 6005 Event ID will be displayed. You can examine this list, look at the dates and times of each reboot event, and so on.
  4. Open Server Manager tool by right-clicking the Computer icon on the start menu (or on the Desktop if you have it enabled) and select Manage. Navigate to the Event Viewer.
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5.1: Eventlog via PowerShell

Get-WinEvent -ProviderName eventlog | Where-Object {$_.Id -eq 6005 -or $_.Id -eq 6006}

6: Programmatically, by using GetTickCount64

GetTickCount64 retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the system was started.

7: By using WMI

wmic os get lastbootuptime
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6. WMI : wmic os get lastbootuptime – ded' Nov 18 '13 at 20:37
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Note for Win XP / 2003: 1. not usable (not displayed in Task manager) 2. may not include the boot time (not on my PC anyway), but the explicit uptime - contrary to later Windows systeminfo output. Note that systeminfo output is localized, so on a non-english Windows you need to replace the "System boot time" accordingly or just run systeminfo and check the whole output – FelixD Mar 25 '14 at 9:04 
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Now THAT is what I call a THOROUGH answer! :-) – Andrew Steitz May 26 '14 at 15:13
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Please note that the uptime reported from "1: By using the Task Manager" can differ from the boot time, since it does not include the time spent in hibernation state. E.g. my PC was booted two days ago and reports only 8:20 of uptime. – user1708042 Mar 25 '15 at 7:39 
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Option 1 seems to be gone again in Windows 8 Task Manager. – BlaM Apr 13 '15 at 8:56 

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