Question Uptime not reset after shutdown ?

[35below0]

Is this one of the things Microsoft accidentaly broke? Or is this a feature?

In Task Manager uptime is reset to zero after i reboot the computer. But if i shutdown the computer, uptime will be remembered.
I turned on the PC a few minutes ago and uptime read as 3 days 3h and 26 minutes.

This is expected behavior when putting the computer to sleep, and waking it up from sleep. But it was shut down and powered off for about 8 hours. How come uptime is still counted??

I've noticed Win 11 doing this but i don't think it is normal. Has anyone else experienced something similar.

Windows 11 Home, latest build (non-insider).

 

[Lutfij]

I shut down my Windows 11 PC every day. After reading your post, I went looking and my up time is exactly as it should be since I fired it up, i.e, it was reset when I shut it down sans a reboot prior to said shutdown. On Windows 10, you would've needed to reboot the system in order to reset the uptime, that's as far as I can recall.

 

[35below0]

On Windows 10, you would've needed to reboot the system in order to reset the uptime, that's as far as I can recall.

Ok, this might be the explanation!

I am running Win 11, but i installed Win 10 first and then upgraded to 11 through Windows update. 😀

LOL. I was warned that there might be some leftovers and that a clean install is preferable. I'm surprised THIS is what ended up screwed up.

I had a dead retail Win 11 installer and a Rufus-made Win 10 installer, and a slow internet connection. I didn't feel like downloading the Win 11 ISO, so i went the easier route of Win 10 -> Win 11.

Thank you very much.

 

[Lutfij]

I am running Win 11, but i installed Win 10 first and then upgraded to 11 through Windows update. 😀
Then back up all mission critical data, then recreate your bootable USB installer for Windows 11, then format and reinstall Windows 11. This is one of the first things you do after you perform the internal upgrade process/path to migrate your activation key.

Windows Media Creation Tools always comes through to the rescue... 😉

Don't thank me, just helping out!

 

[35below0]

I am running Win 11, but i installed Win 10 first and then upgraded to 11 through Windows update. 😀
Then back up all mission critical data, then recreate your bootable USB installer for Windows 11, then format and reinstall Windows 11. This is one of the first things you do after you perform the internal upgrade process/path to migrate your activation key.

Windows Media Creation Tools always comes through to the rescue... 😉

Don't thank me, just helping out!

I am loathe to go through the trouble of reinstalling Windows. Everything works (as far as i can tell), so i would need a compelling reason to do a clean install.

Hear me out. I never used Windows 10. It was a fresh build and a fresh install. I installed drivers and Windows updates but otherwise the PC sat and waited about 3-4 days until the Win 11 update was offered.
Other than fiddling with settings a bit i didn't do nothing.

The license i bought came with the DOA USB installer and i used it to activate Win 10. That worked without a problem. Licenses are interchangeable between 10 and 11.

After the upgrade to Win 11 (which was my target OS all along), i did all the usual housekeeping and sanity stuff. Switching off a bunch of unwanted features, installing firewall control, and some essential tools like 7zip, browser, etc.

I began to use the computer in earnest only after the Win 11 installation. The Win 10 backup i kept for about a month, but deleted it through Windows Update because i had no use for it.
So this is why i'm resisting a clean install. Everything is fine so far but i must admit i'm a little vary after this uptime nonsense. Who knows what else may have been affected?

But until it causes me at least some inconvenience, i really don't want a clean install.
Thankfully i do have two drives and can actually physically disconnect one. There is nothing important on the OS drive that doesn't need to be reinstalled anyway as part of a clean install.
So i suppose i'm set for it when it happens.

To be honest, the whole migration from Win 10 to 11 is not much different from downloading and running setup yourself. Only differences are you don't start setup from boot and your personal user folders are preserved. As mine were unused anyway, it was basically just an upgrade.

100% agree that a clean install is prefered.


tldr
I'm not gonna do it. The inconvenience is too great.

 

[35below0]

There is one other possibility. I can't remember the name but i did try out a Taskbar customization tool. And it was awful. It really messed up way too many things. It was highly recommended but for me it was a dud. Uninstalled it immediately but it could have done some damage including this uptime counter business.

All i wanted was a slightly smaller and transparent taskbar 🙄
But that's too much to ask.


Also, Windows 7 reset uptime after a restart or shutdown. Not sure if this changed in Win 8 or 10.

 

[35below0]

Apologies for the triple post, but i've just checked with another Win 11 computer. After powering on and booting it reports an uptime of over 10 days. Roughly when it was last restarted.

So there is definetly something going on with 23H2, build 22631.3737. It does not clear uptime when it shuts down.

 

[Colif]

The latest build is 3810. My uptime matches last time I started PC.

You sure fast startup isn't on? that would also extend the on time since PC isn't actually shutdown. Since you updated from 10, it could be on.
finding it in win 11 is fun.

Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 11

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Hibernate will also cause it.

I have never clean installed Win 11 so that shouldn't be reason. This was updated to 11 during the Insider period and has never been clean installed.

 

[35below0]

You sure fast startup isn't on? that would also extend the on time since PC isn't actually shutdown.

Well i'll be a monkey's uncle...

Trust Microsoft to quietly redefine Shut Down. 😡

Thank you for the explanation. Yes Fast Startup is enabled by default on both the 10 -> 11 machine and the clean Win 11 machine.

"note that the up-time between kernel reboots might be significantly longer than on previous versions of Windows because during user-initiated shutdowns, the kernel, drivers, and services are preserved and restored, not just restarted."