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Excessive use of laptops and computers can have many negative impacts on users' health and lifestyle. Therefore, monitoring and controlling computer usage time to adjust usage habits is essential. Check out these simple tips for monitoring computer and laptop usage time at Mytour in the following article!
1. Guide to 6 Tips for Monitoring Computer Usage Time
1.1. Using Task Manager
- Step 1: Open Task Manager by pressing Windows + X keys > select Task Manager
- Step 2: When the Task Manager window opens, select Performance > select CPU
- Step 3: Here, you'll see the Time Up line, which is the usage time since you started the computer
1.2. Using Command Prompt to View Computer Usage Time
Track computer and laptop usage time through Command Prompt using 2 commands: System Information or WMIC as guided below:
Using System Information Command
- Step 1: Press Windows + R keys > type CMD in the search bar to open Command Prompt interface.
- Step 2: In the Command Prompt window, type the command systeminfo | find /i 'Boot Time' > press Enter to execute the command.
Using WMIC
- Step 1: Click Start > Search for Command Prompt > select Run as administrator to open Command Prompt with admin rights.
- Step 2: Enter the command wmic path Win32_OperatingSystem get LastBootUpTime > press Enter to query the last boot time of the computer.
At this point, you will see a result that may display as follows:
LastBootUpTime 20230930083445.500000+420 can be understood as:
- Year: 2023
- Month: 09
- Day: 30
- Hour: 08
- Minute: 34
- Second: 5
- Millisecond: 500000
- GMT: +420 (GMT +7)
=> The computer has been set up and running since September 30, 2023, at 08:34. To know more about the computer's usage time, subtract the last boot time from the current time to get the number of days, hours, and minutes the computer has been running.
1.3. Checking Computer Usage Time via Control Panel
- Step 1: Select Start > search and open Control Panel
- Step 2: Select Network and Internet > select Network and Sharing Center
- Step 3: Click on Change adapter settings > double-click on Network Adapter to connect to the Internet. To view the activity time from the network connection time, reset it every time the computer starts at the Duration section
1.4. Using PowerShell
- Step 1: Press Windows + X keys > select Terminal (Admin)
- Step 2: Now the Windows PowerShell window will open > you copy and paste the following command:
(get-date) – (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUptime).ToString(‘g’)
At this point, a computer usage time result will be displayed in the window
1.5. Accessing Settings to View Computer Usage Time
- Step 1: Select Start > choose Settings
- Step 2: Select the System tab > choose Power & Battery > then select Battery Usage
- Step 3: In the dropdown box above the “Battery levels” chart, choose “Last 7 days”.
- Step 4: Now, below the chart, the average time for “Screen on/off” and “Sleep” will be displayed daily. Click on any day you want to view on the chart to see the “Screen on/off” and “Sleep” time for that day.
1.6. Using Time Management Software
Apart from the methods above, you can track daily computer usage time through third-party software such as Rescue Time, Remember The Milk, Focus Keeper, etc.
2. Effective Computer Usage Time Setup Methods
2.1. Setting Computer Usage Time Limits
To limit computer usage time, you can refer to the following instructions:
- Step 1: Press Windows + R keys > type CMD in the search bar to open Command Prompt interface.
- Step 2: For example, if you want to limit computer usage for the user Mytour to only use on Wednesdays from 9 am to 5 pm, you can use the following command: net user “Mytour” /time:Wed,9am-5pm
- Step 3: After entering the command, press Enter > when the line 'The command completed successfully' appears, it means you have successfully limited the usage time.
2.2. Guide to Canceling Computer Usage Time Limit Command
To cancel the computer usage time limit command, please refer to the following instructions:
- Step 1: Reopen CMD with administrator privileges
- Step 2: Enter the command net user “Mytour” /time:all > press Enter and the time limit command will be canceled if the line The command completed successfully appears
So, this article by Mytour has guided you on simple ways to view computer usage time. Hopefully, through this article, you will learn more tricks to effectively limit computer usage time. Thank you for reading!
