Portable Uptime++

Portable Uptime++ is a software application that shows for how long your computer has been running, even before downloading and accessing it. It doesn't include any options or configuration settings, so it can be viewed as a system information viewer only.

For example, it can help you find out if your computer has been used by someone else while you were away.

The interface is represented by a single square window with a simple design and layout, showing the PC time since last startup, along with its total startups and uptime since the last Windows install date. This monitor is continuously running, so it gets updated every minute.

The name of the tool says it's portable, but it's not completely true. Although Portable Uptime++ isn't wrapped in a portable package, it depends on other software products to work properly. To be more specific, you must have .NET Framework and Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package to be able to launch this program.

On the other hand, it doesn't add new entries to the Windows registry or create files on the disk without asking for your permission. In order to remove it, you simply have to delete the .exe file.

It remained stable throughout its runtime in our tests, without causing the operating system to hang, crash or indicate errors. As we expected, it had minimal impact on the computer's performance, since it needed a low amount of CPU and RAM to function normally.

Too bad that Portable Uptime++ doesn't make any room for customization. For example, it doesn't implement an option for automatically creating log files every time a specified amount of time passes. Nevertheless, it shows relevant details about the machine's uptime.