How do I find out how long a server has been up (W2K)

[sirsimon]

Hopefully a simple request. I can't remember the DOS command that gives info on a server, including its up time. I am trying to find out when a certain server was last rebooted. Any help would be much appreciated. (IT'S DRIVING ME MAD!)

[BertImmenschuh]

Haven't tried it on a Win2000 Server but you might look at this:
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/management/uptime/default.asp>http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/management/uptime/default.asp</a>.

Works on my Win2000 Professional. Run it from a Command Prompt window and you can also redirect the output to a .txt file.

My .bat file up.bat:

cls
@echo off
uptime /d:04/01/2004&gt;&gt;uptime.txt
type uptime.txt

Everything is done in the root of C: but could be in another folder on the boot drive.

Use of the two &gt;&gt; symbols appends the succeeding outputs of the command to the text file.

The /d:04/01/2004 part is a beginning reference date.
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[crouchie1998]

GetTickCount is the most accurate way:

Here's another way. Create a VBS file & paste in the following code. Click it & it will tell you:

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")

For Each objOS in colOperatingSystems
dtmBootup = objOS.LastBootUpTime
dtmLastBootupTime = WMIDateStringToDate(dtmBootup)
dtmSystemUptime = DateDiff("h", dtmLastBootUpTime, Now)
Wscript.Echo dtmSystemUptime
Next

Function WMIDateStringToDate(dtmBootup)
WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmBootup, 5, 2) & "/" & _
Mid(dtmBootup, 7, 2) & "/" & Left(dtmBootup, 4) _
& " " & Mid (dtmBootup, 9, 2) & ":" & _
Mid(dtmBootup, 11, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmBootup, _
13, 2))
End Function

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Another way (create a VBS file & paste in the following):

Set dtmConvertedDate = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemDateTime")
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objOS in colOperatingSystems
dtmConvertedDate.Value = objOS.LastBootUpTime
dtmLastBootUpTime = dtmConvertedDate.GetVarDate
dtmSystemUptime = DateDiff("d", dtmLastBootUpTime, Now)
Wscript.Echo dtmSystemUptime
Next

[chood05]

Type net statistics server into the command prompt. The line that says statistics since date/time is when your computer last started.