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anon
24.07.08, 02:11
Ever wonder when your copy of Windows was installed? Me neither.

But, today I was poking around in the registry and stumbled across this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\InstallDate

Which is a dword value holding the number of seconds since that fateful day you reinstalled windows last.
(Actually, an offset from 12 midnight, 1/1/1970.)

So naturally I had to write a little applet to pull the value and display it in an easy-to-read format. As a bonus, you get a real-time update, for those of us with compulsive disorders.

DOWNLOAD PAGE (http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?topic=10571)

useful if you re-install or try new windows versions/editions frequently. you can know for how long you've had your current one... we could also post screens of this to see who has had windows xp installed for the longest time, here's mine :biggrin::

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3567/uptimeer4.gif

had to reboot because a windows update overwrote my TCPIP.SYS, otherwise my uptime would be 6-8 hours :cool2:

hitman
24.07.08, 02:23
actually i restore every 3 month my fresh backup to have the best performance after 3 month my system is at all completly full with crap :tongue: a good sign to restore my backup is when my desktop is full ^^

zatoicchi
24.07.08, 04:08
good info, have not done a re-install for almost a couple of years now been trouble free so far..knock on wood..but this little tut should come in handy when the time comes for a re-install

anon
24.07.08, 22:36
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/191/1970sw2.gif

:cool2: i'll post my uptime before going to sleep :gutenacht:

edit: as i promised:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4164/6huptimeqj6.gif
now goodn8 everybody :gutenacht:

Aurion
26.07.08, 16:19
LOL this could be useful especially after a year or so (you get excited how the hell my OS is still functioning without any problems) :top:

anon
26.07.08, 19:08
@ Reppy: post a pic here, I want to know for how long you have had Win installed ;D

hitman
26.07.08, 19:18
here is my uptime

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4391/winru7.jpg

nearly 3 month. its time to recover my backup :biggrin:

zatoicchi
29.07.08, 23:11
http://i37.tinypic.com/2zs4myw.jpg

anon
29.07.08, 23:16
OK zat, almost 14 hours, you win... :biggrin: According Wikipedia the biggest confirmed uptime ever is 11 years, 303 days, 20 hours and 57 minutes, from a computer running OpenVMS... don't think we can beat that but let's see how close we get hehe :tongue:

shoulder
29.07.08, 23:23
Here's mine.
Seems like there went something wrong with the install date. :biggrin:
But the other thing could be correct.

http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=3046

anon
29.07.08, 23:26
Cheater, you set InstallDate=0 :biggrin: And 4 days uptime pwns me :redface: :tongue:

Edit: my uptime for today [29/7] :top:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3366/uptime2ng6.gif

shoulder
29.07.08, 23:34
Cheater, you set InstallDate=0 :biggrin:
No, I didn't.
I think that's because of my Vista "Activation Patch". :tongue:

And 4 days uptime pwns me :redface: :tongue:
Well, I only reboot if needed.
Otherwise I use the Standy Function. :wink:

anon
29.07.08, 23:42
No, I didn't.
I think that's because of my Vista "Activation Patch". :tongue:

Cheater patch :biggrin: Well, if we learn the value's syntaxis, we can help you put the (more or less) correct date there :wink:


Well, I only reboot if needed.
Otherwise I use the Standy Function. :wink:

No hibernation? :tongue:

shoulder
29.07.08, 23:54
Well, if we learn the value's syntaxis, we can help you put the (more or less) correct date there :wink:
No need for this, I don't care about my install date. :biggrin:

No hibernation? :tongue:
No, I don't like hibernation.
After booting out of hibernation my PC is that slow.

zatoicchi
30.07.08, 03:59
lol, i against we learn from the best on how to cheat:biggrin::biggrin:

anon
30.07.08, 18:54
we learn from the best on how to cheat:biggrin::biggrin:

Now I'm the best :cool2:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/656/iwinni9.gif

It's shoulder's InstallDate -1 second... beat that! :biggrin: If you're wondering how I did it... :tongue:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6346/fffffffftl4.gif

I guess the biggest value possible for a DWORD (that one) makes the date "re-cycle" or something like that, and start at -1... :tongue:

Aurion
31.07.08, 23:19
LOL I should do that myself too,feels nice to see ur OS is 40 years OLD :tongue:

anon
31.07.08, 23:21
Just to "see" it, because it'll never be true :biggrin: Are you really going to do it, btw? :top: If so, make sure you "backup" the original value :wink:

Aurion
31.07.08, 23:30
Just to "see" it, because it'll never be true :biggrin: Are you really going to do it, btw? :top: If so, make sure you "backup" the original value :wink:

LOL yeah,I will once I get those 47 opened tabs DONE !! But I will since it looks awesome :top:

anon
31.07.08, 23:33
LOL yeah,I will once I get those 47 opened tabs DONE !!

Wow, sounded like a lot of work :wink:


But I will since it looks awesome :top:

And everyone will ask "how did you do it???" :biggrin:

Aurion
01.08.08, 00:35
and I would answer, "nah,its anon who did it !!" :tongue:

anon
01.08.08, 00:48
"nah,its anon who did it !!" :tongue:

:und_wech:

Then I say it was shoulder who did it, because this beats his install date for 1 second :biggrin:

Aurion
01.08.08, 16:50
LOL then the cycle goes around & around :biggrin:

miyukk
05.08.08, 17:13
lol

i have reinstalled windows yesterday, before i was +3 months without format :klatsch_3:

anon
05.08.08, 19:16
A real record :biggrin:

Now let's keep on trying to know which one of us at SB-I has had Windows installed for the longest time :cool2: (no cheaters! :biggrin:)