Hey there. I'm looking for a free program that will keep track of the uptime on a workstation(s). I don't need to know system information or any in depth information, just the uptime report. I can find and download about 1000 of these, but figured I would ask here first to see if anyone is using any. I'd prefer it be a service so I can log off the computer and it will still keep checking, but doesn't have to be.

 

Thanks

 

I still use the uptime.exe that came in the Windows NT 4 Resource Kit.  or PowerShell if more than one computer.

 

D:\>uptime \\servername
\\servername has been up for: 10 day(s), 17 hour(s), 11 minute(s), 42 second(s)

I still use the uptime.exe that came in the Windows NT 4 Resource Kit.  or PowerShell if more than one computer.

 

D:\>uptime \\servername
\\servername has been up for: 10 day(s), 17 hour(s), 11 minute(s), 42 second(s)

 

That is part of it. I need a monitor...something that will monitor that and then notify when down or even a simple graph. I need to see and when the computer loses a connection and since it has Windows XP I would rather use a third party monitor program running on another machine.

 

Thanks

 

Something like this?

 

#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]; then 
    echo usage: $0 hostname
    echo usage: $0 IP address
    exit
fi

while ping -o -c 5 $1 &> /dev/null; do 
#	echo "$1 is up"
sleep 300
done
mail -s "$1 is down" root < /dev/null &> /dev/null
#echo "$1 is down"