This tutorial will show you how to see what your system uptime is in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The system uptime will show you how much time your system has been running since the last time the PC had been shutdown or restarted.
Uptime is often used as a measure of computer operating system reliability or stability, in that this time represents the time a computer can be left unattended without crashing, or needing to be rebooted for administrative or maintenance purposes.
If you have Fast Startup turned on, the up time will not always start over after a shut down.
Fast Startup will not affect a restart causing the up time to start over.
Contents
- Option One: Find System Up Time in Task Manager
- Option Two: Find System Up Time using Command
1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2 Click/tap on the Performance tab. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on CPU.
4 You will see the Up time at the bottom of CPU in a [days]:[hours]:[minutes]:[seconds] format.
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.
2 Copy and paste the command below you want into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)
powershell "(get-date) - (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime"
OR
powershell "((get-date) - (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUptime).ToString('g')"
Outputs in a [days]:[hours]:[minutes]:[seconds]:[milliseconds] format. You will only see days in output if available.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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