How to know when was Windows started or shutdown?

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According to this article you can use WMI to get the last boot date/time.

// define a select query
SelectQuery query =
    new SelectQuery(@"SELECT LastBootUpTime FROM Win32_OperatingSystem
       WHERE Primary='true'");

// create a new management object searcher and pass it
// the select query
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher =
    new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);

// get the datetime value and set the local boot
// time variable to contain that value
foreach(ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get())
{
    dtBootTime =
        ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDateTime(
            mo.Properties["LastBootUpTime"].Value.ToString());

    // display the start time and date
    txtDate.Text = dtBootTime.ToLongDateString();
    txtTime.Text = dtBootTime.ToLongTimeString();
}

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