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03-30-2006, 12:50 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 950
|  PC Uptime
is there anyway to check a PC's uptime without any programs? | 
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03-30-2006, 04:10 AM
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PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,101
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CTRL-ALT-DEL
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03-30-2006, 06:31 AM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 74
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That only shows the date the current user logged on, for me at least anyway.
Without a program you can check the modified time of C:\pagefile.sys, that is normally the time the computer booted up
using a (non third-party) program
In command prompt run: | |
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03-30-2006, 06:36 AM
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PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,101
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Quote: Originally posted by philg
That only shows the date the current user logged on, for me at least anyway.
Without a program you can check the modified time of C:\pagefile.sys, that is normally the time the computer booted up | What else do you need?
The pagefile gets modified all the time, and the CTRL-ALT-DEL method is easier and faster.
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03-30-2006, 07:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5,893
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Normally my network up time as my computer automatically connect to the network when I turn it on. I have no reason to take my computer off the network.
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03-30-2006, 08:02 AM
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HONK if you route packets Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,664
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For Windows, "systeminfo" when a command prompt is open, is the most accurate time. The pagefile is being updated more than one would think and the System Idle Process will become more inaccurate the longer the amount of time the computer is turned on for.
Systeminfo can also be done over a network.
I know that 3rd party applications were a little out of the question. But, if I can dig it up, I'll post a link to a little program I made that when used just uses systeminfo either locally or over a network and then saves the results to a specified folder and also pulls the results to the screen using notepad.
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03-30-2006, 08:05 AM
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PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,101
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On my MMX I get "Error loading provider" when using systeminfo. Works fine on this computer, though.
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03-30-2006, 08:11 AM
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HONK if you route packets Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,664
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Is that the first thing that you get when a command window is open already before typing 'systeminfo'? interesting. Could be locating an error when attempting to post the details about a NIC.
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03-30-2006, 08:18 AM
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PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,101
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I open up CMD.
Typed in "systeminfo".
And this is what I get.
It says "Loading info about operating system in memory ..."
"Error: Error loading provider." 
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03-30-2006, 08:55 AM
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Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,534
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running linux, open a terminal and type 'uptime' | |
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