Re: Find out when the computer was rebooted?

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From: Pegasus (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:24:41 +1000

"FLX" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> How can I find out the time when the computer(Win2000/XP) was rebooted?
Will
> such event be written into the Event Log? I did not see any such event in
> the Event Viewer. Any clue?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> - LX
>
>
>
>

Have a look at events 6009 & 6005! You could also maintain your
own log, by using the Task Scheduler to run the following batch file
at boot time:

@echo off
if not exist c:\Logs md c:\Logs
echo %date% %time% %Computername% starting up >> c:\Logs\Boot.log

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