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Wyodiver33 · 03-16-2006, 05:59 PM

Hi all. I used to know this but have forgotten. How can I see the install date of XP Pro? Thanks!

meanSpleen · 03-16-2006, 09:05 PM

Open a command prompt and run 'systeminfo'

-Start > Run
-Enter 'cmd' (no quotes)
-Enter 'systeminfo' (no quotes)

it will index some things, and your Original Install Date will be on line 10

Wyodiver33 · 03-16-2006, 09:54 PM

3-31-03. Ugh, definitely time for a reinstall. Thanks meanSpleen.

meanSpleen · 03-16-2006, 10:57 PM

You are welcome! I used it when I was helping someone at work do asset tracking for computers and equipment

cyrnel · 03-16-2006, 11:38 PM

It baffles me why MS doesn't include that in Home. The same registry entry exists, but it's in internal format so painful to extract quickly. msinfo32 doesn't decode it. Ends up being easiest to use the creation date of \windows.

meanSpleen · 03-17-2006, 08:55 AM

*checks properties of the windows folder*
*runs systeminfo again*

Curses, I am off by 8 hours! Creation date of Windows is before the Original Install Date.

cyrnel · 03-17-2006, 09:20 AM

Multiple installs?

Lots of folders inside should share the actual install date. Many mod dates never change. View by details. Look for matches to \windows\system, etc. Earliest common date on or after /Windows' date is a good rule.

Or just run something like PC Wizard.

cybermike · 03-17-2006, 04:14 PM

My windows folder creation date is 7 hours before my original install date

cowudders14 · 03-18-2006, 04:23 PM

Anyone know how to get the same info for win 98?

Cheers!

03-16-2006, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Regular. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	Win Xp Pro Install Date Question. Hi all. I used to know this but have forgotten. How can I see the install date of XP Pro? Thanks! __________________ I like stuff.

03-16-2006, 09:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	Open a command prompt and run 'systeminfo' -Start > Run -Enter 'cmd' (no quotes) -Enter 'systeminfo' (no quotes) it will index some things, and your Original Install Date will be on line 10 __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

03-16-2006, 09:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Regular. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	3-31-03. Ugh, definitely time for a reinstall. Thanks meanSpleen. __________________ I like stuff.

03-16-2006, 10:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	You are welcome! I used it when I was helping someone at work do asset tracking for computers and equipment __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

03-16-2006, 11:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In my angry-dome.	It baffles me why MS doesn't include that in Home. The same registry entry exists, but it's in internal format so painful to extract quickly. msinfo32 doesn't decode it. Ends up being easiest to use the creation date of \windows. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

03-17-2006, 08:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	checks properties of the windows folder runs systeminfo again Curses, I am off by 8 hours! Creation date of Windows is before the Original Install Date. __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

03-17-2006, 09:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In my angry-dome.	Multiple installs? Lots of folders inside should share the actual install date. Many mod dates never change. View by details. Look for matches to \windows\system, etc. Earliest common date on or after /Windows' date is a good rule. Or just run something like PC Wizard. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

03-17-2006, 04:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
cybermike Why So Serious? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wut?	My windows folder creation date is 7 hours before my original install date __________________ (All opinions subject to change without warning.) "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

03-18-2006, 04:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
cowudders14 Bringer of good Moos... Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK	Anyone know how to get the same info for win 98? Cheers! __________________ Moo! I'm mooey!