I have tried systeminfo, systeminfo.exe, system up time, and systemuptime.

I have tried seaching using Google, which is how I found the above.

marti

Marti,

Open Notepad and paste what I've got below the dotted line. Save the file with a vbs extension (not the txt default Notepad wants to save it with). Something like XPuptime.vbs. This will give you the time the system has been running in minutes.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

strComputer = "."

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * From Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_System")

For Each objOS in colOperatingSystems
intSystemUptime = Int(objOS.SystemUpTime / 60)
Wscript.Echo intSystemUptime & " minutes"
Next

Thanks, Steve. Where do I run this? Also, where is the file to be stored?

marti

You can run it from anywhere. I keep a subfolder in MyDocuments for most of my scripts and make shortcuts to them in QuickLaunch if I expect to use it frequently. It runs quickly and simply sends you a message box with the system up time.

It works. Nice little script file! Thanks Steve.

marti

Hello.

This same script returns an error message in my system.

Regards

suatcini

I get an error with mine also - it errors out at the word "For".

Priscilla L.

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Did you copy and paste the whole block of text in one move?

That error, 0x80041010, is typically a spelling problem. The reference is to character 1 in the line because none of the line can execute. It usually happens because an object is created using the word "Set" and later when the object is referenced you forget to type the entire name or otherwise type an error. For example, if you have:
For Each objOS in colOperatingSystem
instead of
For Each objOS in colOperatingSystems
you get the error.

I copied and pasted in one swoop.

I dunno what the problem is.

Priscilla L.

You can right click and choose Edit to review but I can't imagine how you would lose any text other than the first characters or last. I tested my copy by dropping the first letter of line one and got a different error message so it isn't that.

Marti,

Below is an improved version of the script you might find amusing.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

strComputer = "."
strIntro = "Computer has been on for"

Set objVoice = CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * From Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_System")

For Each objOS in colOperatingSystems
intSystemUptime = Int(objOS.SystemUpTime / 60)
Next

strHours = Int(intSystemUptime / 60)
strMins = intSystemUptime Mod 60
objVoice.Speak strIntro & strHours & " hours and " & strMins & " minutes"

:lol:

LilJoe

Steve,

In reading your script I see it has "sounds." My speakers have been in the closet for around three years now.

marti

It's time to come out of the closet

LilJoe

thank you !

Jane

That is pretty neat. Now if only you could write a script that could catch all the mice I have running around here right now...

Neil

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In the computer world, there’s a right way, a wrong way, and the Mac way. The Mac way is essentially the same as the wrong way, except it’s much faster and on a much larger scale.

What you need is a Script Kitty

Jim.

OPen Everest and under Operating System open UPTIME,it will tell you first boot and a lot of info

LilJoe

>OPen Everest and under Operating System open UPTIME,it will
>tell you first boot and a lot of info

I don't have Everest installed yet.

marti

It will look like this:

LilJoe

Interesting, LilJoe, but where do you get this Everest? Thanks

jaded

>Interesting, LilJoe, but where do you get this Everest?
>Thanks
>
>>MS]jaded
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Google will take you there

LilJoe

Couple other methods I came across:

C:\> net statistics server (or workstation)

There is a built in function in Windows XP that will reveal when the last system boot time was.

From the System Information Tool, click on Tools/Net Diagnostics and then have it scan your system. Once the scan is done, expand the Operating System item in the menu and then scroll down to LastBootUpTime to see when that event occured.

Now that you have been introduced to this tool, look around to see what other interesting info you can gleen from it.

Many computer utility programs make use of stuff that already exists with Windows, like Steve's script, but Windows may not be so elegant in how you access what you're after.

Thanks JP, but I have no idea where to look for that! I'm running XPpro. My biggest problem with XP is finding things.

marti

Marti,

To find uptime in Windows XP Pro:

Click Start, go to All Programs, go to Accessories, click on Command Prompt, type "systeminfo" (without quotes), press Enter key, and read the uptime, as below:

Hi Dubber,

That does not work. I see the black screen flash and that is all.

marti

Well, shucks.

While we wait for someone who might know what to do about that problem, you could try Start, Run, type in "cmd" (without quotes), then click ok.

Edit:

I'm not sure if you meant that the black screen flashes when you first started the Command Prompt or when you hit enter to access the Systeminfo.

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You could also try Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Information, Tools Tab, Net Diagnostics, Scan Your System, Operating System.

Now, before my computer would show the Last Bootup time, I had to enable all the options by clicking on Set Scanning Options, putting checks in all the squares, and clicking on Save Options.

Then it would show, as below:

Dubber,

That worked. I typed in Systeminfo and it gave me the information.

marti

marti

Glad it works now.

By the way, there are a few Windows XP links here.

Thanks Dubber. Those links will get me in more trouble.

marti

It flashed by cause you were not at a command prompt ( C:\> ).

>It flashed by cause you were not at a command prompt ( C:\>
>).
So how to get the DOS C prompt??

marti

Start | Run | CMD

Thanks Dubber, that's what I outlined in my other post here.

Marti. Go up to where the Commad Prompt is on the Start Menu, and Righ-Click on it, and select > SEND TO Then click on > Desktop (Create Shortcut).

The same thing happends when I do what you do. Just a Flash of the Dos Box and it's gone.

BTW. When you Create the Shortcut to the Desktop, Right-Click on the Shortcut and you'll find a lot of Options to change the Color of the text among other things.

Ken:

Right click on "run" does nothing!

marti

What I meant was go to Start Menu, Programs, Acessories, Command Prompt and then Right-Click on that to Create a Shortcut if the Command Prompt wasn't working.

Actually my problem was just "Backwards from yours. When I typed in "cmd" in the run Box, the DOS Window would just "Flash on the Screen for a slit second and it would be gone, so I created a Shortcut instead, and it wordked.

The other Right-Click I was talking about was to Right-Click on the Shortcut if you made one, or you can Right-Click on the Border of the DOS Box and then select Properties and then you can change the size of the Font or the Color of the Text.

Sorry for the mixup.

Edit: This is what I meant by making a Shortcut to the Desktop.






Ken:

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And this is what I meant by selecting Properties by Right-Clicking on the top Border to the DOS Box to change the text Color and Font Size.






Ken:

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Something else I always do is right click and go to the properties and change it to start in C:\ and then I download the Open Command Window This program saves a bunch of typing.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Maggie,

I downloaded Tweakui last night. Most of it I don't understand! How to change cmd prompt, I have not idea.

marti

It is the shortcut for the command prompt that I rightclick annd add C:\ to start. TweakUI is fun also. Open Command Window is above Tweakui

You need first to go to Start/Run and key in cmd which brings up the DOS window. If you don't, then the commands run and the window automatically closes when the run completes, and won't stay put to let you view the results

JP,

Just curious:

I wonder why "Click Start, go to All Programs, go to Accessories, click on Command Prompt, type "systeminfo" (without quotes), press Enter key, and read the uptime" worked for my computer when it didn't for Marti's?

Here it is done both ways on my computer:

My understanding is that whe didn't do it either way that you show. I think what she did was click on Start/Run and then key in systeminfo. If the Command Prompt window (aka DOS window) isn't opened first and the command keyed inside that window, then it closes when the executable is finished. That is by design.

Try it. You should see it working and then close on you when it displays the results.

I run chkdsk /f straight from Start/Run because it closes as soon as I set it. Saves me a whole mouse click, or having to key in exit to close the window.

Dubber,maybe because she is running Home version and you are running Corp version.

LilJoe

Lou,

I'm running WinXPpro!

marti

Yes but not the Corporate version like he is.

LilJoe

Lil Joe,

Here it is on non-Corporate Win XP Home Edition:



Edit:

By the way, if you run DSL or some other full-time Internet connection, you can check your Local Area Connection Status (double-click the LAN icon) and get a pretty close estimate of your uptime, as below:

There are two types of commands one can run in the console (dos type window). The first would be any of the commands that belong to the command interpreter, typically evolved versions of the old dos commands, such as "dir" and "copy". The second type would be the name of an executable or batch file where the file itself resides in one of the folders included in the system path.

There are a number of executable programs designed for console use that are present in XP Pro but not XP Home. In addition to "systeminfo", two that come to mind are "tasklist" and "taskkill".

If you want to use a single line to start one of these console type programs at either the Start | Run line or as a shortcut target, you should consider the "/k" switch for cmd.exe. For example:

cmd /k ipconfig

Used as a shortcut, this starts the command intepreter and runs ipconfig without multiple steps.

Thanks for the explanation, Steve.

Microsoft has a tool to be run from the command line: uptime.exe

www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/management/uptime/default.asp

Works well.

Uptime program doesn't say it works on XP. Please advise.

marti

Works just fine.

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marti, I am running XP Pro SP2 NTFS. I tried Steve Yandl's suggestion (reply #1), and it works great (thanks, Steve!). However, for my own personal use, it is of limited value, because I shut down my computer every night, and/or any time I leave the house. Anyway, you might find this little program helpful, at least as far as your hard drives are concerned. It gives their power on time, start/stop count, power cycle count, and a whole bunch of other stuff to help keep track of your hard drives' usage and health -- each drive, from their initial installation. Free, from http://www.passmark.com/products/index.htm.

(Name of the program is DiskCheckup.exe)

jaded