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
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• 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]

Hello Element180, and welcome to Seven Forums.

That's not that bad though considering everything that is loading at boot on these newer motherboards now. Here are some items to go over to see if it may help any.

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

 

[element180]

I just installed TuneUp Utilities 2011 today and it's made a huge difference.I'm going to update to Win7 SP1 tonight so I may take a hit in restart time with it.But anything's better than the approx 2 minute time (just for shutdown) when I got the computer :shock:

I'm saving up for an SSD and more ram.I have 3gigs installed (my laptop's max is 4gb).I could shave off some time by disabling a few start-ups like my docks (Nexus,Object Dock) since I don't use desktop icons other than the trash bin,and just start them from the task bar but like I said...I still have a little tweaking to do but that's half the fun

 

[element180]

Just as I thought.Installed SP1 and it's now 119 seconds.Still far,far better then when I first got it though so I'm not really complaining too much

 

[Jaime74656]

Nice utility, im really liking this!

 

[lazzer408]

Here's mine. I'm running 3 RAID arrays. If I pull my other two RAIDs out it might be faster. They slow the system down a little.

Does that script include the BIOS post time? Including HDD detection, RAID post, etc.? If that's the case, any OEM with an SSD would score high.

 

[Brink]

Hello Lazzer,

The time includes the full time it takes the computer to restart and startup back into Windows.

 

[adiciho]

First i want to say a big HY to everyone in this forums. Great job btw

My first post will be with my system restart time

 

[slurp812]

My first try was 85 seconds. I cleaned up some applications, etc , and tried again and it was 66 seconds. Not too bad for an old (2010) AMD phenom X2 550 system....

 

[Brink]

Not bad at all Slurp.

 

[Infinite]

Brink, would this apply to logging in too?

For example I have 4 User Accounts:

Administrator - For tasks I couldn't do on my Account
Main Account - General account
Normal User - Will use this for Security reasons - So the virus has less permissions
Guest User - For guests, ofc.

By the time it takes me to login and type a password would that add to the time. Nothing too serious, just wondering?

Well, I got 70 seconds, had to click the User and type a Password and for some reason it takes like 15 seconds for my User to actually login :/

Only Startup Apps = Comodo Firewall/MSE

 

[Brink]

Brink, would this apply to logging in too?

For example I have 4 User Accounts:

Administrator - For tasks I couldn't do on my Account
Main Account - General account
Normal User - Will use this for Security reasons - So the virus has less permissions
Guest User - For guests, ofc.

By the time it takes me to login and type a password would that add to the time. Nothing too serious, just wondering?

Well, I got 70 seconds, had to click the User and type a Password and for some reason it takes like 15 seconds for my User to actually login :/

Only Startup Apps = Comodo Firewall/MSE

Yep, it includes the complete restart time from when Windows shutsdown to when Windows starts with you logged in.

 

[jloc]

Grr... could be faster.

 

[dev]

My HTPC with an SSD and automatic login

 

[thomasblake222]

Why not use Bootracer?

Just download, install, restart via bootracer and it will tell you shut down and logon time (without logging in time)

 

[Infinite]

Because this doesn't require a download and it does it automatically, BootRacer you need to manually Restart which gives inaccurate results.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Why not use Bootracer?

Just download, install, restart via bootracer and it will tell you shut down and logon time (without logging in time)

The main point was just to compare scores with the same method, and at that time it was with a VBS script. And thus we do... Lol.

Which actually reminds me... I haven't run this one in a while. *mental note* I should do that sometime.

 

[x BlueRobot]

64 seconds

 

[Drummerjed]

Crucial M4 128GB - So pleased with this SSD!

 

[windude99]

Crucial M4 128GB - So pleased with this SSD!

Nice! I love my ssd too

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hum my Samsung is fast to password then it dies on the welcome screen the original run was 171 secs and now as in the pic

Don't know what the go is as I have all of Shawn's optimise things set up

As an afterthought my tester with an M4 is twice as fast as the Sandy Bridge - it has a Q9650 on an Intel DG43NB board 32bit 7 Home 4GB RAM whereas I have 16GB RAM in the SB.