How To: View System Up Time in Windows Xp and Vista
November 10, 2008, Author: Cezar Renta
If you are a fan of the uptime command present within Linux or you are a heavy multimedia 24/7 download freak, you should know your current system up time. What is the system up time you ask? Well, shortly, the system up time shows you how long your system has been online. Surely you can brag or do contests with your friends, but we’ll keep this aspect for another time.
To view the system up time in Windows XP and Vista, it’s a very easy task, you don’t need additional software installed, Microsoft provided this ‘feature’ within Windows.
View System Up Time under Windows XP
Click [Start] then [Run], type cmd then press enter or click [Ok]. You will see the Windows XP old might console, where you will type systeminfo. You will see alot of system details in that screen along with the “System Up Time”.
View System Up Time under Windows Vista
Under Vista, viewing the system up time is even easier, Microsoft provided this detail under the Windows Task Manager.
So, press “Ctrl+Alt+Delete” once or right click on the taskbar and click Task Manager and you will be prompted with the Windows Task Manager Window. Pressing the Performance tab (4th tab), right after the Services tab and you will notice the Up Time detail after Processes.
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Tags : command, Console, linux, microsoft, process, system details, vista, windows, windows task manager
One Response to “How To: View System Up Time in Windows Xp and Vista”
@ Feb 3rd, 2009, 1:54 am
Yeah, that one way to find out the up-time
I didnt know about the sysinfo command, so i was using “System Information” (msinfo32.exe; found under startmenu..accessories..system)
Shortly afterwards i decided to wite a script (in autohotkey) to give me JUST that snippet of info, nothing else
I have a few command-names for it, but the quickest = just 4 keypresses:
console-style launcher (single hotkey) –> “ut” –> Enter
—-> up pops a little message box displaying the uptime (eg “4 hr 40 min”)
.. then just press Return or click “OK” button to make it disappear
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