General Find System Up Time in Windows 11


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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.



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Option One

Find System Up Time in Task Manager


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.

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Option Two

Find System Up Time using Command


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.


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That's it,
Shawn Brink


 

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PS C:\Users\oat> powershell '(get-date) - (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime'


Days : 0
Hours : 5
Minutes : 6
Seconds : 35
Milliseconds : 543
Ticks : 183955430000
TotalDays : 0.212911377314815
TotalHours : 5.10987305555556
TotalMinutes : 306.592383333333
TotalSeconds : 18395.543
TotalMilliseconds : 18395543

Single quotes work for me, not the double ones for the first command.
2nd command is good.
Using 7.3.1
 

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  • OS
    Win11 All /Debian/Arch
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    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
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    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
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I generally only ever restart my laptops to install the Patch Tuesday CU. For the rest of the month they hibernate while not in use.


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  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
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    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
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    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
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    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
Or if you're a normal human...
Code:
C:\Users\GARLIN>powershell "'{0:dd}d {0:hh}:{0:mm}:{0:ss}' -f ((Get-Date) - (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUptime)"
30d 06:15:29
 

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