As mentioned before, the date format this gadget is using (dd-mm-yyyy) and not (mm-dd-yyyy). To fix this, save the gadget to your desktop and replace .gadget with .zip . Open the file and go to the en-US/core folder. Drag core.framework.vbs to your desktop. Right click the file and select edit. Scroll down and change the line WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmBootup, 7, 2) & "/" & _ Mid(dtmBootup, 5, 2) to WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmBootup, 5, 2) & "/" & _ Mid(dtmBootup, 7, 2)...basically you're just switching the 7 and 5 values. Everything aftewards stays the same. Save the file and then drag it back into the core folder, replacing the old file. Rename uptime.zip back to uptime.gadget...install and you're done. just to add for others: you can format the date how you like by switching around the values. months = Mid(dtmBootup, 5, 2) days = Mid(dtmBootup, 7, 2) years = Left(dtmBootup, 4)

Vista X64 Fix: 1) Open the following file in Notepad: C:\Users\mck\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Uptime.gadget\en-US\core\core.framework.vbs 2) Scroll to the bottom and replace the 5 with a 7...and replace the 7 with a 5. 3) Save and close the file That's it! Take the Gadget off the Sidebar and re-add it and it should be fixed.

I had issues similar to the ones below, although I am running 32-bit vista. But the time showed -145 days up. Applied the fix below, and all is good now. Thanks!

Mon Uptime a marché jusqu'au premier redémarrage, maintenant j'ai un compte a rebours avec "-58 jours..." Quel est la solution pour remédier a se problème ? Aidez moi SVP

i also have/had that counting backwards bug spontaneously a week or two ago. read all over about the regional date/time settings, but mine were already default on m/d/y and normal usa settings. however, i went into the vbs file and changes the 5/7 numbers and it did fix it. weird.

I had been using this gadget for some time when the crazy days bug set in after a reinstall of windows, Played around a bit with time and date settings to find the issue and noticed that when I changed my short date format from yy-mm-dd (Swedish standard) to dd-mm-yy the days displayed correctly. Hope that helps to find the bug in the code for ViNighthawk and as a quick fix for the rest of us

my computer is barley two days old and the gadget says its been on for 146 days.

it said -58 days and was counting backwards...

An uptime counter in windows is kinda dumb, Since Windows Update reboots your system every other day.

yes mine counts backwards too, i have used it before and worked but that was on Ultimate x32 but i have found that when trying on Ultimate x64, that is when it doesn't work, be good for a fix is everyone else that have this problem running x64?