To add my twopence-ha'penny worth in, the recommended WMI
technique is (apparently) to use the Win32_OperatingSystem.LastBootUpTime value:
<code> import wmi
[snip code]
Tim forgot to blow his own horn, so I will:
http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi.html
;-)
-Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list