Everybody that's endemic a PC has had to deal with the eventual system kicking slowdown. Here's how to use Result Viewer to rails exactly how long your system takes to boot upwardly and close down.

The Event Viewer in Windows seven provides us with an easy manner to runway any fault or alarm messages. What yous may not know is that every issue in Windows gets logged in the result viewer. If you know the right place to look yous can even find kicking and shutdown data.

Finding Your Boot Time

To open the event viewer type "effect viewer" into the Windows Starting time Carte du jour search box and printing enter.

Later the Result Viewer has opened, you'll be greeted with an overview of whats going on in your system.

Since we allready know what nosotros looking for yous tin can drill into the Applications and Services logs on the left hand side. Then drill into the Microsoft section, followed by Windows.

Now we are looking for a folder called Diagnostics-Performance, this folder houses a log called Operational. Click on this log to open it.

On the right manus side click the filter option as pictured below.

To make things easier Microsoft gives each event an Event ID, with these you can filter the event logs to go to your information even quicker. You should tick the Warning box and specify an Effect ID of 100, information technology should await exactly like the moving picture below. One time your screen looks the same, click ok.

The filter volition sort through the log and simply bring up events which take an Upshot ID of 100. Click on the header of the Date and Time column to sort the log in ascending order.

To go the latest boot fourth dimension roll to the lesser of the list and double click on the Warning bulletin to open it. The kick fourth dimension will be displayed in milliseconds and then to become it in seconds you lot should carve up it by k


In the movie above my boot time is 38889 milliseconds, to get that in seconds you lot have to divide it by yard, and so 38889/k = 38.89 seconds.

Finding Your Shutdown Time

To discover your shutdown time, all that is required is to, utilize a filter with different criteria. Similar the startup time, the shutdown event also has an Outcome ID, to discover shutdown events you should specify an Consequence ID of 200 equally well as tick the Warning box.

Click on the header of the Date and Time column to sort the log in ascending order.

To go the latest shutdown time ringlet to the bottom of the listing and double click on the Alert message to open it. The shutdown fourth dimension will exist displayed in milliseconds and then to get it in seconds you should dissever it by 1000


In the moving picture above my kicking time is 21374 milliseconds, to get that in seconds yous have to separate information technology by 1000, so 21374/1000 = 21.37 seconds.

**Notation that you will only be able to see a criterion in the issue log if you have installed a few programs on your pc.