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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.
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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:
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 ^^
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
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:
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:
@ Reppy: post a pic here, I want to know for how long you have had Win installed ;D
here is my uptime
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4391/winru7.jpg
nearly 3 month. its time to recover my backup :biggrin:
http://i37.tinypic.com/2zs4myw.jpg
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:
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
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
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:
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:
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.
lol, i against we learn from the best on how to cheat:biggrin::biggrin:
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:
LOL I should do that myself too,feels nice to see ur OS is 40 years OLD :tongue:
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:
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:
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:
and I would answer, "nah,its anon who did it !!" :tongue:
"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:
LOL then the cycle goes around & around :biggrin:
lol
i have reinstalled windows yesterday, before i was +3 months without format :klatsch_3:
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:)
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