Comments on: Get Reboot History Using Powershell

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:26:37 +0000

Excellent script Paul. THANK YOU for sharing it!

By: Clarence

Clarence — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:14:00 +0000

I added a section before the Function to get Credential and then modified the WinEvent to
Get-WinEvent -Credential $cred -ComputerName $Computer

I usually run in Powershell ISE, so I added this comment near the top.
Execute this in a Powershell ISE, to define the function, then run a command line.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:39:01 +0000

In reply to John.

You need to “dot source” the function first: https://serverfault.com/questions/124749/my-powershell-functions-do-not-appear-to-be-registered

> . .\Get-RebootHistory.ps1

Then you can run

> Get-RebootHistory -ComputerName test-client-01 -DaysFromToday 30

By: John

John — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:10:13 +0000

Hi Paul,
Can you help me understand on how to use the script properly?
I copied it and saved to a folder as a PS1 file (Get-RebootHistory.ps1).
Then I tried running it with this command
..\Get-RebootHistory.ps1 -ComputerName test-client-01 -DaysFromToday 30
It just returned back to prompt with no value

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:36:47 +0000

Hi Paul,

Thank you for the article, the powershell solution is excellent, it’s been really useful.
Would you mind pointing me in the right direction to adapt this powershell to return results for all devices called say, Laptop-****, whilst ignoring those that return ‘RPC Server Unavailable?
Any help would be gratefully received.
Chris