Comments on: Display the up time of a workstation or server. http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Instant Housecall Magazine » Can I make my Windows Machine Shutdown Quicker? http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-9172 Instant Housecall Magazine » Can I make my Windows Machine Shutdown Quicker? Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:15:57 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-9172 [...] Display the up time of a workstation or server. [...] [...] Display the up time of a workstation or server. [...]

]]> By: Michael http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-7908 Michael Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:17:04 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-7908 To check the uptime on my servers I use psinfo (from the PS Tools suite). If you type psinfo \\servername , the output will display:(excerpt) C:\PSTOOLS>psinfo \\servername PsInfo v1.73 - Local and remote system information viewer Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com System information for \\servername Uptime: 5 days 5 hours 19 minutes 42 seconds Kernel version: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Uniprocessor Free To check the uptime on my servers I use psinfo (from the PS Tools suite).

If you type psinfo \\servername , the output will display:(excerpt)

C:\PSTOOLS>psinfo \\servername

PsInfo v1.73 – Local and remote system information viewer
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals – http://www.sysinternals.com

System information for \\servername
Uptime: 5 days 5 hours 19 minutes 42 seconds
Kernel version: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Uniprocessor Free

]]> By: AskTheAdmin http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-7442 AskTheAdmin Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:20:25 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-7442 That's awesome Joe! Thanks! That’s awesome Joe! Thanks!

]]> By: JoeG http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6925 JoeG Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:56:24 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6925 Many of the times listed in event logs are in the WMI time format (why they decided to use this format in the event logs I'll never know), here is a VBScript Function to convert them to a more easily readable format: <CODE> strDate = InputBox("Enter the WMI timestamp here") wscript.echo WMITimestampConvert(strDate) '#-------------------------------------------------------------------------- '# FUNCTION.......: WMITimestampConvert() '# PURPOSE........: Converts WMI Timestamps to a more friendly format. '# ARGUMENTS......: dtmInstallDate = The WMI timestamp to convert. '# EXAMPLE........: strDate = InputBox("Enter the WMI timestamp here") '# wscript.echo WMITimestampConvert(strDate) '# REQUIREMENTS...: Tested on Win2k, XP, WS2003. Should work on Vista and '# WS2008. '# NOTES..........: In the example above, if you enter the WMI timestamp '# 20011120042924.000000+000 the script will return: '# 11/20/2001 4:29:24 AM (this is un UTC time, the offset '# would be different (unless you are in the UTC time '# zone). '#-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Function WMITimestampConvert(dtmInstallDate) WMITimestampConvert = CDate(Mid(dtmInstallDate, 5, 2) & "/" &_ Mid(dtmInstallDate, 7, 2) & "/" & Left(dtmInstallDate, 4) &_ " " & Mid (dtmInstallDate, 9, 2) & ":" &_ Mid(dtmInstallDate, 11, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmInstallDate, 13, 2)) End Function </CODE> Many of the times listed in event logs are in the WMI time format (why they decided to use this format in the event logs I'll never know), here is a VBScript Function to convert them to a more easily readable format: <CODE> strDate = InputBox("Enter the WMI timestamp here") wscript.echo WMITimestampConvert(strDate) '#————————————————————————– '# FUNCTION…….: WMITimestampConvert() '# PURPOSE……..: Converts WMI Timestamps to a more friendly format. '# ARGUMENTS……: dtmInstallDate = The WMI timestamp to convert. '# EXAMPLE……..: strDate = InputBox("Enter the WMI timestamp here") '# wscript.echo WMITimestampConvert(strDate) '# REQUIREMENTS…: Tested on Win2k, XP, WS2003. Should work on Vista and '# WS2008. '# NOTES……….: In the example above, if you enter the WMI timestamp '# 20011120042924.000000+000 the script will return: '# 11/20/2001 4:29:24 AM (this is un UTC time, the offset '# would be different (unless you are in the UTC time '# zone). '#————————————————————————– Function WMITimestampConvert(dtmInstallDate) WMITimestampConvert = CDate(Mid(dtmInstallDate, 5, 2) & "/" &_ Mid(dtmInstallDate, 7, 2) & "/" & Left(dtmInstallDate, 4) &_ " " & Mid (dtmInstallDate, 9, 2) & ":" &_ Mid(dtmInstallDate, 11, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmInstallDate, 13, 2)) End Function </CODE>

]]> By: JoeG http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6924 JoeG Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:29:02 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6924 For *NIX try 'uptime', for the Win32 equivalent, go here (this is a Microsoft link) <a href="<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/Install/uptime_1.01/NT4/EN-US/uptime.exe. " rel="nofollow">http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40...</a>"><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/w...</a rel="nofollow"> ">http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40...</a> </a> Try 'uptime /a' on your system to get a nice set of information. For *NIX try 'uptime', for the Win32 equivalent, go here (this is a Microsoft link) http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40…“> “>http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40… Try 'uptime /a' on your system to get a nice set of information.

]]> By: JoeG http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-7434 JoeG Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:29:02 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-7434 For *NIX try 'uptime', for the Win32 equivalent, go here (this is a Microsoft link) <a href="<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/Install/uptime_1.01/NT4/EN-US/uptime.exe. " rel="nofollow">http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40...</a>"><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/w...</a rel="nofollow"> ">http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40...</a> </a> Try 'uptime /a' on your system to get a nice set of information. For *NIX try 'uptime', for the Win32 equivalent, go here (this is a Microsoft link) http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40…“> “>http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40… Try 'uptime /a' on your system to get a nice set of information.

]]> By: geekblake http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6923 geekblake Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:50:44 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6923 Anybody know an equivalent Unix command for that? Anybody know an equivalent Unix command for that?

]]> By: Peter http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6922 Peter Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:35:59 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6922 I use bginfo on all my servers, that way I know which machine I'm logged into. It can tell you all kinds of good stuff about the machine at a glance. <a href="<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx " rel="nofollow">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b...</a>"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysin...</a rel="nofollow"> ">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b...</a> </a> I use bginfo on all my servers, that way I know which machine I'm logged into. It can tell you all kinds of good stuff about the machine at a glance. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b…“> “>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b…

]]> By: Peter http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-7433 Peter Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:35:59 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-7433 I use bginfo on all my servers, that way I know which machine I'm logged into. It can tell you all kinds of good stuff about the machine at a glance. <a href="<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx " rel="nofollow">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b...</a>"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysin...</a rel="nofollow"> ">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b...</a> </a> I use bginfo on all my servers, that way I know which machine I'm logged into. It can tell you all kinds of good stuff about the machine at a glance. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b…“> “>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/b…

]]> By: AskTheAdmin http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6921 AskTheAdmin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:34:33 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6921 Thanks CJ! this method takes about 30 seconds more than net statistics workstation. @Norcross - not in plain English! You would have to go decipher it. Thanks CJ! this method takes about 30 seconds more than net statistics workstation. @Norcross – not in plain English! You would have to go decipher it.

]]> By: AskTheAdmin http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6920 AskTheAdmin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:29:11 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6920 First go to the command prompt by going to start run and typing in CMD. Then at the dos prompt type in your "net statistics workstation" minus the quotes of course.<br /><br />--- First go to the command prompt by going to start run and typing in CMD. Then at the dos prompt type in your “net statistics workstation” minus the quotes of course.

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]]> By: ElvenEyes http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6926 ElvenEyes Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:44:39 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6926 I tried both the "net statistics workstation" and the "systeminfo" commands, but the windows that came up only stayed there for about one second and then disappeared – certainly too fast for me to read! How do I get the window to stay? I tried both the "net statistics workstation" and the "systeminfo" commands, but the windows that came up only stayed there for about one second and then disappeared – certainly too fast for me to read! How do I get the window to stay?

]]> By: cj http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6919 cj Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:29 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6919 if you go into a command prompt and type "systeminfo" towards the top of the information is actual update, not the date of last reboot, it'll display how long it has been! if you go into a command prompt and type "systeminfo" towards the top of the information is actual update, not the date of last reboot, it'll display how long it has been!

]]> By: Norcross http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html/comment-page-1#comment-6918 Norcross Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:42:54 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2008/07/display-the-up-time-of-a-workstation-or-server.html#comment-6918 wouldn't the event log spell that out? wouldn't the event log spell that out?

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