Restart Time

How to See What Your Windows Restart Time is​

   Information

This will show you how to see how long in seconds it takes your Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 PC to restart back to the desktop.

You can also view the startup logs in Event Viewer (C:\Windows\system32\eventvwr.msc) under Applications and Services Logs, Microsoft, Windows, Diagnostics-Performance, and Operational. The logs will be in the middle to show you what ran at startup, how long it took, and more.

   Note

Credit completely belongs to sidney1st for writing this VBS script.

   Tip

For fun, post your restart time at this link.

Here's How:1. Click on the download button below to download the Restart-Time.bat or Restart-Time.vbs file, and save it to your desktop.
Restart-Time.bat

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OR

Restart-Time.vbs

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2. Right click on the downloaded Restart-Time.bat or Restart-Time.vbs file, click on Properties, click on the General tab, click on the Unblock button to unblock the Restart-Time.vbs file. (see screenshots below)

NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button, then it is already unblocked. Continue to step 3.


3. Run the Restart-Time.bat or Restart-Time.vbs file.

4. Click on OK to restart the computer. (see screenshot below)
WARNING: Close and save all windows first. This will immediately restart your computer.

5. When the computer finishes restarting, you will see your Windows restart time. Click on OK when done. (see screenshot below)

6. You can now delete the downloaded Restart-Time.bat or Restart-Time.vbs file if you like, or save it somewhere to use again later.


That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• How to Speed Up the Shut Down Time in Windows 7 and Windows 8
• How to Change Time to Display Operating Systems at Boot in Windows 7
• How to Speed Up the Performance of Windows 7
• How to Create a Restart Computer Shortcut in Windows
• How to Add "Restart" Computer to the Desktop Context Menu in Windows 7
• How to See System Uptime in Vista and Windows 7
• How to See System Uptime in Windows 8 and 8.1
• How to Find System Uptime in Windows 10
• How to Perform an Emergency Restart in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

 

[Brink]

 

[SweetAeromotion]

 

[Jerlys]

I don't think this thing is reliable. It time stamped my PC time at 67 seconds, yet I stop watched it between 20-24 seconds consistently. I can't even count to 67 before my PC is back to the desktop.

 

[Brink]

Hello Jerlys,

The script in the tutorial measures the amount of seconds it takes to restart and boot the computer from the second you click on Restart. Thus "restart time" and not "boot time".

It sounds like you may be only measuring the cold boot time, and not the full restart time.

Hope this helps.

 

[Jerlys]

Hello Jerlys,

The script in the tutorial measures the amount of seconds it takes to restart and boot the computer from the second you click on Restart. Thus "restart time" and not "boot time".

It sounds like you may be only measuring the cold boot time, and not the full restart time.

Hope this helps.

I stop watched them side to side. started the timer the same time I clicked the restart button. After 10 runs I have concluded that this script adds on average between 15 to 25 seconds to the actual restart time. on 2 of the runs, including the first one, the difference was drastic. I followed the tutorial on the first post, had nothing running in the background. I halted the stop watch as soon as my desktop was visible. The timer prompt would show some time later. So I think its still counting until it can show you the OK button.

Perhaps my PC just doesn't like this thing.

 

[Brink]

It may be the time it takes for all startup programs to finish loading for the time difference.

 

[Jerlys]

It may be the time it takes for all startup programs to finish loading for the time difference.

Ill give it a try in a few killing all start up programs, oddly I only have 3. Nvidia control panel, EVGA precision and Intel rapid storage. I try to keep my computer as clean as possible. The only thing I know might slow things down is I have photo slide show for my desktop.

 

[gldndragn]

Here is mine

 

[derekimo]

Here is mine
View attachment 297348

Pretty good numbers.

You can post it here too if you want to compare a little,

http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/294833-reboot-time-2-a.html

 

[Scoop]

I can't get the script to restart my PC. I unblocked using Properties.

When I run the script, a msgbox says "close all running applications and click 'ok'".

When I click the "ok" button, the PC doesn't restart. When I click the vbs icon again to run it again, the
msg box appears and says "you computer takes [x] seconds to completely restart."

I noticed that the script timer works. If I wait before clicking the script icon the 2nd time, it will return the currect time elapsed from the first time I tried to run the script to the 2nd time.

[edit]

I tried it using a manual "restart" (I restarted from the Win Shutdown Menu a couple of seconds after I launched the vbs script) and the elapsed timer worked if I add in the time that I restarted using the Win menu.

My time's not great, around 125 seconds, but that's what I expected as I haven't run any tools to streamline my startup time.

It's not an issue with me as long as I know the approx. elapsed times required during a couple of steps:

- The black Windows logo screen. That always takes about 26-28 seconds on my Desktop and Laptop PC's. That's the time when the logo screen begins after POST and when the "Welcome" screen appears.

- "Welcome" Screen time. That will vary on my Desktop PC but usually takes ~10-15 seconds before the desktop launches.

[edit 2]

The script started to work after I moved the script to one of my folders in my Documents folder, a PC mystery but my restart time is about 85 seconds.

That make me feel better . Improvements are needed on my system but as long as I can boot with consistant (no error) results, that's the main point for me.

 

[Brink]

Hello Scoop,

Odd. Where were you originally running the .vbs file from?

 

[Scoop]

Hello Scoop,

Odd. Where were you originally running the .vbs file from?

I first downloaded it to the Desktop and tried it there a few times. Once I moved it to a Documents folder, it took off like magic It's something I'd like to know, but "Mine is not to reason why...."

 

[Brink]

Not sure why that happened. Strange.

 

[oddblob]

How could I edit this so that it writes the result (and perhaps the date/time of logging) to a text file?

 

[realnicktrev]

Forgot to screen cap but it came back at 289 seconds :shock:

Any ideas how to speed that up? Haven't checked the full thread, in case it was already answered my apologies in advance.

 

[Brink]

Hello Nick,

If you like, the listed items in the tutorial below should be able to help improve performance.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11728-optimize-windows-7-a.html

 

[realnicktrev]

Thanks Brink! I'll look into that, much appreciated.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome.

 

[PSCO2007]

You may have double clicked and/or accidentally clicked on OK at step 4 without knowing it before it restarted the computer.

Ah, that explains the time difference you had then.

Okay, I missed the Properties and unblock steps.

Now, it says 52 secs!! Whew!

Stopped AI Suite from starting at boot and now down to 38 secs.

 

[SelenaGomezFan]

60 secs