Short script to retrieve the latest reboot time(s) of a computer

Since Technet Gallery is closed, now here.

See Script Center version: Retrieve latest reboot time(s).

Now also on Powershell Gallery as part of the SysAdminsFriends module, see here or install with

Install-Module SysAdminsFriends

Project page on github is here.

This is a little helper script that is very useful in a work as system administrator:

In an enterprise you often have to log on to "unknown" servers that behave strangely. Getting the latest reboot time(s) is a very important information for further diagnosis (a well managed server normally reboots only once in a month on Microsoft Patch Day).

in the following examples I assume Get-RebootTime.ps1 is in the current directory

To use it just dot source the script Get-RebootTime.ps1 per instance by

. .\Get-RebootTime.ps1

You can than get the latest reboot time of the local computer with

Get-RebootTime

For investigating a remote computer REMOTE and the last three reboot times you call

Get-RebootTime REMOTE 3

A dot can be used for the name of the local computer.

You will get a similiar output to this (screenshot is not from a bad managed server, but my personal computer):