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Subject: Re: 'uptime' command producing incorrect uptime
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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.


Corinna

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