How to get uptime using BGinfo on desktop?

Question

Hello everyone,

I need assistance in obtaining the system uptime using BGinfo.

I have tried various methods, including PowerShell and VBScript, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to display the uptime information on the BGinfo desktop wallpaper.

Can anyone help me with this issue? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,

You add a custome field with a VB script like this.

winmgt = "winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//"
Set OS = GetObject(winmgt).InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each ObjItem in OS
	numUptime  = DateDiff( "s", _
	             ParseDat( objItem.LastBootUpTime ), _
	             ParseDat( objItem.LocalDateTime ) )
	numUptSecs = numUptime Mod 60
	numUptMins = (numUptime \ 60) Mod 60
	numUptHour = ( numUptime \ 3600 ) Mod 24
	numUptDays = ( numUptime \ 3600 )  \  24
	strUpTime = numUptDays & " Days " & numUptHour & " Hours " & numUptMins & " Minutes " & numUptSecs & " Seconds "
	echo strUptime
	
Next
    


Function ParseDat( ByVal strDate )
	strYear  = Left( strDate, 4 )
	strMonth = Mid( strDate,  5, 2 )
	strDay   = Mid( strDate,  7, 2 )
	strDat   = strYear & "-" & strMonth & "-" & strDay
	strHour  = Mid( strDate,  9, 2 ) - strTimeShift
	strMins  = Mid( strDate, 11, 2 )
	strSecs  = Mid( strDate, 13, 2 )
	strTime  = strHour & ":" & strMins & ":" & strSecs
	ParseDat = strDat & " " & strTime
End Function

I adopted functions from here.

https://www.robvanderwoude.com/sourcecode.php?src=uptime_vbs#:~:text=%27%20Get%20the%20uptime%20by%20querying%20the%20boot,%3D%20DateDiff%28%22n%22%2C%20_%20ParseDat%20%28objItem.LastBootUpTime%29%2C%20_%20ParseDat%20%28objItem.LocalDateTime%29%29

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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