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    How to view my run-times?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by whatdoyouwant22, May 1, 2008.

  1. whatdoyouwant22

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    Hey all,

    I need to find a way to view when my M1530 entered stand-bye, based on time entered. Is there a menu of some sort that I can get to from the Control Panel or something that can show me the last time my computer entered stand-bye, basically a kind of list of things done on the computer in like the past couple hours. Some sort of a task list/activity list is what I am looking for. But no, I don't mean the Activity Reports on the Parental Control options, that is not what I am looking for.

    Thanks
     
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    I guess an easier way to put it is....... Is it possible for me to view a menu that shows how long my laptop has been running. I.E. what it's current run itme since latest shut-down is? I really need to know the last time my laptop entered sleep mode to be precise.
     
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If you have XP Pro (and maybe Vista Business and Ultimate), you can bring up command prompt and enter "systeminfo". That'll give you a little list of somewhat random info, including your "System Up Time". I don't know if the trick works on lesser flavors of Windows, though.
     
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    You nailed it, exactly what I need, but can I do it with Windows Vista Home-Premium?
     
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    Yea up-time is what I need to find................
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Did you try it under Home Premium? I can think of a trick you can do with event viewer, but I don't think that comes with Home Premium either...

    For what do you need such a function?
     
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