How to view Windows 10 computer startup and shutdown history

In this article, TipsMake will guide two ways to monitor the shutdown and startup time of your PC.

View activity log on Windows system

Windows Event Viewer is a tool for keeping all kinds of content going on in your computer. This application works based on eventlog service that cannot be manually stopped or shut down, as this is a service integrated with Windows. The activities are logged by the eventlog with 2 IDs: 6005 to indicate activities that have been started and 6006 to indicate activities that have ended. Let's learn how to view this information with Windows Event Viewer.

Step 1: Open Event Viewer by pressing Windows + R key combination , enter the box eventvwr >> Enter .

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Step 2: At the main interface of Event Viewer, in the left pane, select Windows Logs >> System .

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Step 3: In the middle pane, you will have a list of events that happened while Windows is running. First sort the diary by timeline. Right-click on the Date & Time column and select Sort Events by this column .

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Step 4: Select Filter Current Log . in the right pane to filter the event.

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Step 5: Enter 6005, 6006 in the labeled Event ID field. Then click OK .

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The results will be filtered out in the event list in the middle with 2 types of information:

1. Event ID 6005: The exact time (date & time column) the Eventlog started, means the computer is turned on.
2. Event ID 6006: The exact time the Eventlog was stopped, means the system was turned off.

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If you want to investigate the event log further, you can enter filter the following IDs:

1. 6013: Computer uptime
2. 6009: Processor information detected during boot
3. 6008: The system rebooted after it was not shut down properly

Use TurnedOnTimesView

TurnedOnTimesView is a simple tool to analyze event logs for boot and shutdown times. This utility can be used to view a list of the current computer shutdown and startup times or any remote computer connected to the network.

Since it's a portable tool, just download TurnedOnTimesView here.

Next, you proceed to extract and open the file TurnedONTimesView.exe.

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You will get a detailed list of Session Start Time (Startup Time), Shutdown Time, Duration.

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Above are 2 ways to check the Windows 10 computer startup and shutdown history, wish you success!

Lesley Montoya

Update 18 August 2020