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█▌ - HOW TO VIEW YOUR WINDOWS COMPUTER'S UPTIME - █▌
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█ For Linux, see 'CUSTOMIZE YOUR SHELL MOTD' under MISC HERE, this tutorial ▐▌
█ is for Windows. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ SHOW UPTIME WITHOUT INSTALLING EXTRA SCRIPTS AND OR SOFTWARE: ▐▌
█ METHOD 1: ▐▌
█ ````````` ▐▌
█ Launch Run: ▐▌
█ WINDOWS XP: ▐▌
█ Press the Window's Start button, then Run, then type in the Open drop down ▐▌
█ window: msinfo32 ▐▌
█ Press OK ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS VISTA & 7: ▐▌
█ Press the Window's Start button/Start Search box/ type in the Open drop ▐▌
█ down window: msinfo32 ▐▌
█ Or press the Windows logo key on your keyboard +r to launch Run, then type ▐▌
█ in the Open drop down window: msinfo32 ▐▌
█ Press OK ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ This will launch System information. ▐▌
█ Go to Software Environment/Running Tasks/ ▐▌
█ Go to the far right column 'Start Time' ▐▌
█ Sort by date and you can view when first .exe started. ▐▌
█ You can save this report as a text file; Menu select File/Export ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ METHOD 2: ▐▌
█ ````````` ▐▌
█ Open a cmd prompt window, enter: cmd ▐▌
█ enter: systeminfo ▐▌
█ WinXP: ▐▌
█ Toward the top of the report 'System Up Time:' it will have details such ▐▌
█ as: ▐▌
█ System Up Time: 8 Days, 13 Hours, 4 Minutes, 23 Seconds ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Win7: ▐▌
█ Toward the top of the report 'System Boot Time:' which doesn't give the ▐▌
█ details, such as: ▐▌
█ System Boot Time: 5/18/2010, 10:04:14 AM ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you would like to save the information to a text file, you won't get a ▐▌
█ reply in the cmd prompt window, enter this: systeminfo >> output.txt ▐▌
█ output.txt can be any name. It will be saved in your current directory ▐▌
█ stated in the cmd prompt window, or you could specify a location, for ▐▌
█ example: systeminfo >> F:\MyStuff\output.txt ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ METHOD 3: ▐▌
█ ````````` ▐▌
█ Open a cmd prompt window, enter: cmd ▐▌
█ enter: net stats srv ▐▌
█ (or you could enter and receive the same reply: net statistics server) ▐▌
█ Reply same in XP & 7: ▐▌
█ Statistics since 05/09/2010 20:55 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ METHOD 4 - FOR VISTA & ABOVE: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Launch task manager; on your keyboard press these three keys at the same ▐▌
█ time: Ctrl+Alt+Delete ▐▌
█ Select Performance tab, at the bottom right of the window it will state ▐▌
█ 'Uptime' ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ SHOW UPTIME USING SCRIPTS & SOFTWARE: ▐▌
█ There are a ton out there, but these are the ones that I have tried and ▐▌
█ really enjoy. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ METHOD 1 - SCRIPT FOR MIRC: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ If you are an mIRC user there are plenty of free scripts. My favorite is ▐▌
█ 'moo script' (no more moo.dll)' which can be found HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ With a right click in an IRC channel, select moo script/moo all, it then ▐▌
█ post to the channel a report similar to this: ▐▌
█ moo: os: Microsoft Windows XP Professional - Service Pack 3 (5.1.2600) up: ▐▌
█ 1wk 1day 20hrs 7mins 48secs cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ ▐▌
█ 3.00GHz (x86) at 2999MHz gfx: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 1.00GB res: 1920x1080 ▐▌
█ 32bit 60Hz ram: 1240/3582.4MB (34.62%) [|||-------] hdd: C:\ ▐▌
█ 66.7GB/298.08GB D:\ 120.1GB/465.76GB F:\ 89.27GB/465.76GB net: ASUS NX1001 ▐▌
█ Network Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport - 100MB/s 1.41GB In -1.67GB ▐▌
█ Out ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Select moo script/moo uptime. The report to channel would be similar to: ▐▌
█ WindowsXP Uptime: [1wk 1day 20hrs 48mins 1sec] Best: [1wk 1day 20hrs ▐▌
█ 48mins 1sec] IRC online timer: [46wks 4days 7hrs 32mins 21secs] mIRC ▐▌
█ uptime: [40mins 28secs] ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MODIFICATIONS TO MOO SCRIPT: ▐▌
█ 1. If you are using Mircryption to have the report encrypted, open the moo ▐▌
█ in a text editor and change 4 instances of 'msg' & 3 instances of 'say' to ▐▌
█ 'emsg' & 'esay' like this in 'moo_3218.mrc': ▐▌
█ Line 74: if (!$1) { $iif($chan,emsg $chan,esay) $moor | return }
█ Line 80: if ($moof($1)) { var %moo.var $ifmatch | $iif($active == Status Window,echo -gta,$iif($chan,emsg $chan,esay)) moo: %moo.var }
█ Line 180: $iif($1 == x,halt,$iif($chan,emsg $chan,$iif($active == Status Window,echo,esay)) $+(Windows,$OS) Uptime: $uptime(system,1) Best: $duration(%up))
█ Line 194: if ($chan) { .notice $nick moo: To get $moover type: "/emsg $me !getmoo" (set "/dccignore off" first) | $repeatcheck(!getmoo) | halt }
█ ▐▌
█ 2. If you would like included in the uptime report the total time that ▐▌
█ your mIRC has been online and the uptime of your current mIRC Guru_eXe has ▐▌
█ posted HERE his/her modification to do this. Here is how to do this: ▐▌
█ Open moo_3218.mrc in a text editor, search for the line (line number 180) ▐▌
█ that begins with: $iif($1 == x,halt,$iif( ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Replace the entire line: ▐▌
$iif($1 == x,halt,$iif($chan,msg $chan,$iif($active == Status Window,echo,say)) $+(Windows,$OS) Uptime: $uptime(system,1) Best: $duration(%up))
█ ▐▌
█ With this line: ▐▌
$iif($1 == x,halt,$iif($chan,msg $chan,$iif($active == Status Window,echo,say)) Windows uptime: $+($+([,$uptime(system,1)),]) Best: $+($+([,$duration(%up)),]) IRC online timer: $+($+([,$duration($online)),]) mIRC uptime: $+($+([,$uptime(mirc,1)),]))
█ ▐▌
█ moo uptime report will now also have: ▐▌
█ IRC online timer: [46wks 4days 7hrs 32mins 21secs] mIRC uptime: [40mins ▐▌
█ 28secs] ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NOTES: ▐▌
█ 1. The darken characters you might read as STX or a box containing 0002; ▐▌
█ this is the bold symbol for mIRC. Just copy/paste the line into your ▐▌
█ script. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. Remember if you are using Mircryption change msg and say to emsg and ▐▌
█ esay. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ METHOD 2 - SOFTWARE: ▐▌
█ ```````````````````` ▐▌
█ 'SIW' found HERE offers a great donationware (free) version; tiny, ▐▌
█ portable tool to not only report your uptime but your entire system info, ▐▌
█ more than the cmd systeminfo, which can be made into an HTML report. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NOTES: ▐▌
█ 1. For the portable version select 'SIW Without Installer (English-Only)' ▐▌
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█ 2. The 'SIW With Installer' - during install it calls out to ▐▌
█ api.opencandy.com (204.232.180.209) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. To view uptime click on Software/Operating System/ scroll down toward ▐▌
█ the bottom of the list, report will be similar to: ▐▌
█ Boot Time 2010-05-09 20:55:36 ▐▌
█ Up Time 8 Days 14 Hours 48 Minutes 53 seconds ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ METHOD 3 - SIDEBAR GADGET FOR XP: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ My favorite sidebar for XP is Thoosje Vista Sidebar for XP found HERE. ▐▌
█ There is a little system uptime and some other gadgets for reporting some ▐▌
█ system info. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NOTES: ▐▌
█ 1. If you don't want a toolbar and search engine settings change; during ▐▌
█ install select Advanced, and un-check 'Install free Thoosje Toolbar'. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. The sidebar will call home to thoosje.com on port 80 and microsoft.com ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. You can not add other developers gadgets, only ones by thoosje.com ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ METHOD 4 - VISTA & WINDOWS 7 SIDEBAR & HOW FOR XP: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ For the gadget files- Microsoft's Windows Gallery HERE has many types of ▐▌
█ Desktop Gadgets (widgets), for the Sidebar to report your uptime, all free ▐▌
█ and tiny for Vista and Windows 7. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NOTES: ▐▌
█ 1. When you click on a link to download a gadget, you'll be prompted to ▐▌
█ Install or Don't Install- select install, then you'll be prompted with the ▐▌
█ Save file dialogue next - don't worry; it's not going to install it if you ▐▌
█ select Save file. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. Click on the image for the link to actual developers website. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ FOR XP: ▐▌
█ I've read that there is a version of the Vista's Sidebar that runs on XP ▐▌
█ so that you can use any of the *.gadget files with it. I've yet to find a ▐▌
█ working version of this. If you have and tried it for yourself; you can ▐▌
█ use .gadget files, please post at mewbies forum HERE the details. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ File extension is *.gadget which if for Vista & Windows 7. To run on ▐▌
█ Windows XP you need to install a patched 'Windows Sidebar' (integrated ▐▌
█ with Vista & above) Then to install a *.gadget file on XP it's very easy: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ A. Rename the *.gadget file extension to: *.gadget.zip, for example ▐▌
█ 'SystemUptimeFull_Plus.gadget' rename to: SystemUptimeFull_Plus.gadget.zip ▐▌
█ B. Then unzip the file to a directory with its name, for example ▐▌
█ 'SystemUptimeFull_Plus.gadget.zip' unzip to directory named ▐▌
█ 'SystemUptimeFull_Plus.gadget' ▐▌
█ C. Copy the directory to C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets ▐▌
█ D. On the sidebar click add gadgets, it will be listed with the others. ▐▌
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█ GREEN COMMENT- If your computer doesn't need to be on 24/7 - please turn ▐▌
█ it off. ▐▌
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█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
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█ Last update on 19 May '10 ▐▌
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