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Checking when the PC was last turned off/on

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  • 21-05-2008 7:03pm
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    Fabio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭


    Lads is there anyway I can check when last my PC was turned off and then on again?

    I left my laptop on today as I was downloading some software and when I came home it was stuck on the Welcome/Password screen.

    Dunno who was at it and it wouldn 't normally do this...

    I'm using Windows Vista and ain't sure if there's a logger for this kind of thing.

    Any ideas?


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    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    The login comes up in event viewer.

    Vista

    Start > Search Bar (type "event viewer") and under Windows Logs > Applications > Now look for "winlogin".

    It could have been an automatic update that disrupted your download and turned your PC off automatically. After update, normally there is a pop-up saying the PC will restart in twenty mins etc.


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    Redisle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭Redisle


    It could also have been some vista issue.. I left my laptop on for a few hours downloading last week and when I came back it was at login screen, I logged in and it told me It had just recovered from a serious error blah blah..


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    Fabio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Fabio


    I'm just about to take a look there now. I hadn't thought about it being a Vista issue itself so maybe I'm being a touch paranoid!


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Redisle wrote: »
    It could also have been some vista issue.. I left my laptop on for a few hours downloading last week and when I came back it was at login screen, I logged in and it told me It had just recovered from a serious error blah blah..

    This used to constantly happen to me as well - it was so incredibly frustrating.


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    srdb20
    Registered Users Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭srdb20


    Open Task Manger
    Select View
    Select Colums
    Tick CPU Time

    If you look for the System Idle process the CPU time shoudl give you a good indication of how long its been up without a restart!!!


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