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EZ_Phresh Prince
12-31-03, 09:45 PM
Is there any way to check the uptime of my comp. in win xp pro? Edited by: Phresh Prince at: 12/31/03 9:46 pm
Mithrilhall
12-31-03, 10:56 PM
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EZ_Gyorg
01-01-04, 09:32 AM
U had to download an estra program to do it for win2k. Don't know if winXP has changed.
EZ_InvisiBill
01-01-04, 07:36 PM
Nope, still not included.
www.microsoft.com/technet...uptime.asp has what you want. -------------------------
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Mithrilhall
01-01-04, 09:15 PM
Start
Run
cmd
type: systeminfo
There ya go!
EZ_Phresh Prince
01-02-04, 12:46 PM
thanks mithrilhall
Brelkor
01-02-04, 02:37 PM
I always do a cntrl alt del and look at the system idle process runtime. You can add all the runtimes together to be exact. Brelkor the Blackhammer, The Masta Back Stabba, retired rogue
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EZ_Yaramir
01-02-04, 04:32 PM
When you do that systeminfo thing, and when you go to add/remove programs, it shows a lot of "XP Hotfix" stuff. What is that actually?
Biggwin
01-02-04, 07:01 PM
The hot fixes are patches you have downloaded via windows Updates!
Biggwin
01-02-04, 07:02 PM
The hot fixes are patches you have downloaded via windows Updates!
I %@#% hate the flood check sometimes
EZ_InvisiBill
01-02-04, 07:27 PM
Crap, I hit Preview then forgot to actually post it. This is a slightly shortened version of what I originally typed...
Quote:Start
Run
cmd
type: systeminfo
This is insanely slow compared to the uptime.exe util. Running uptime.exe returns you to the prompt in what appears to be the same time as just pressing Enter on a blank line - nearly instantly. It shows just the "System Up Time" line from the systeminfo.exe report.
Quote:I always do a cntrl alt del and look at the system idle process runtime. You can add all the runtimes together to be exact.
Unless you've opened then closed a program. Then that program and its runtime won't be in the list anymore. I run a distributed computing client, so after nearly 11 hours of being on, I have 21 seconds of idle time today. If you were doing long periods of heavy workload, your idle time would also differ significantly from your actual uptime.
I added the link to the MS util to the sticky thread also, along with code for a batch file so you can run it from the Start -> Run box and not have it close immediately. -------------------------
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