System uptime
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EVTX
System.evtx
User32
Event 1074: The process <PROCESS_EXE> has initiated the xxx of computer <HOSTNAME> on behalf of user <USERNAME> for the following reason: <SHUTDOWN_REASON_TEXT>
System.evtx
EventLog
Event 6005: The Event log service was started
System.evtx
EventLog
Event 6006: The Event log service was stopped
System.evtx
Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-General
Event 12: The operating system started at system time <TIME>
System.evtx
Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-General
Event 13: The operating system is shutting down at system time <TIME>
System.evtx
Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Event 109: The kernel power manager has initiated a shutdown transition. Shutdown Reason: <SHUTDOWN_REASON_INT>
System.evtx
Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Event 41: The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly
System.evtx
Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Event 42: The system is entering sleep
System.evtx
Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter
Event 1: The system has resumed from sleep
System.evtx
EventLog
Event: 6013: The system uptime is <INT> seconds.
The TurnedOnTimesView
utility can be used to parse System.evtx
files and determine the time ranges that a system was turned on (by looking as a set of the aforementioned events).
References
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/computer_turned_on_times.html
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