Everyone wants to know the uptime on their system.  There are several neat and easy ways to find the uptime of your Windows Vista installation.  There is actually a built in uptime tracker that ships with Vista.  Here are the 3 most common methods of tracking uptime.

Method 1

Right-click on the Taskbar, and click Task Manager. In Task Manager, select the Performance tab.

The current system uptime is shown under System.

Method 2

Click Start, type the following command and press ENTER:

Cmd /k systeminfo | find “System Boot Time”

System uptime data is shown in the output, as below:

System Boot Time: 3/25/2007, 2:48:56 PM

Method 3

Uptime (from Microsoft) is a simple command line tool that analyzes a single server for reliability and availability information. It can work locally or remotely. In its simple form, the tool will display the current system uptime. An advanced option allows you to access more detailed information such as shutdown, reboots, operating system crashes, and Service Pack installation.

• Download uptime.exe from here, and save it to a folder (say C:Utils).
• Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To open an elevated Command Prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
• Run the uptime.exe utility (C:Utilsuptime.exe)

Here is a sample output returned by the uptime.exe tool:

\<Computername> has been up for: 0 day(s), 0 hour(s), 4 minute(s), 52 second(s)

Tags | Security, Windows Vista