Windows Install Date

[anon]

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 :



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

[hitman]

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 a good sign to restore my backup is when my desktop is full ^^

[zatoicchi]

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]

i'll post my uptime before going to sleep

edit: as i promised:


now goodn8 everybody

[Aurion]

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)

[anon]

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

[hitman]

here is my uptime



nearly 3 month. its time to recover my backup

[zatoicchi]

[anon]

OK zat, almost 14 hours, you win... 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

[shoulder]

Here's mine.
Seems like there went something wrong with the install date.
But the other thing could be correct.

[anon]

Cheater, you set InstallDate=0 And 4 days uptime pwns me

Edit: my uptime for today [29/7]

[shoulder]

Cheater, you set InstallDate=0

No, I didn't.
I think that's because of my Vista "Activation Patch".

And 4 days uptime pwns me

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

[anon]

No, I didn't.
I think that's because of my Vista "Activation Patch".

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

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

No hibernation?

[shoulder]

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

No need for this, I don't care about my install date.

No hibernation?

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

[zatoicchi]

lol, i against we learn from the best on how to cheat