Vista Tutorial - Uptime for the System

Information

This is how much time your system has been running since the last shutdown or restart.

NOTE

This can be handy in order to know if and when the system has recovered from a possible power failure or any other issue it might have had.

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1. Open the Task Manager.
NOTE: Right click on the Taskbar and click Task Manager, or press Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys.

2. Click on the Performance tab. (See screenshot below)

3. The current system uptime is shown under System.
NOTE: It may take a few seconds to load.

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type or copy and paste:

cmd /k systeminfo | find "System Boot Time"

3. Press Enter.

4. You will now see the system uptime information. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: It may take a few seconds to load.