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Re: 'uptime' command producing incorrect uptime
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Dec 10 17:50, Steve Thompson wrote:
> > It also appears to
> > be wrong for uniprocessor hosts that have been up for more than 49.7 days
> > because of the 32-bit value returned by GetTickCount(); my own system
> > reported an uptime of 16 days after being up for 66 days.
>
> It's using GetTickCount only if neither GetSystemTimes, nor
> NtQuerySystemInformation is available, which is on Win9x.
> NT systems shouldn't be affected by this.
Yes, of course you're right. No danger of 9x being up for that long!
Steve
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