Windows OS – 3 easy ways to see the Uptime

3 ways in which you can quickly and easily find out how long your PC has been running since the last restart or when the computer was last booted.

cmd – net statistics workstation showing Windows Uptime since

net statistics workstation
net statistics workstation showing Windows Uptime since ...
net statistics workstation showing Uptime since …

cmd – systeminfo showing last Boot Time

systeminfo
systeminfo showing Windows Uptime through Boot Time
systeminfo showing Boot Time

Taskmanager showing Uptime for how many h:mm:ss

This requires you to open the Taskmanager. You can open the taskmanager using ctrl+alt+del and click on open the taskmanager, with newer Windows OS by rightclicking the taskbar or by entering the command tskmgr in the cmd

taskmgr
Taskmanager showing the Uptime
Taskmanager showing the Up time

This works perfectly on Windows Server 2025. If you haven’t started with Windows Server vNext yet, than start here today.

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