I'm afraid I'm like your Dad, Mouser. The four machines around me are all home-grown, and I'm putting the finishing touches on a Win 7 box based on a Gigabyte EP45-UDP3 MB, and 4gigs of PC2 8500 RAM. The only times recently I've bought anything pre-assembled was a Lenovo refurbed XPPro desktop and an ASUS 1008HA Seashell Netbook, both for a friend who's an absolute Luddite when it comes to hardware. I did strip all of the pre-installed crap out of those machines and customized the boxes for her use.
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Revo Uninstaller will show you that information. Run it, and then click the top of the Installation Date column to sort oldest to newest,  or vice versa. Piece of cake! :Thmbsup:

Info here: www.revouninstaller.com/

Download page: www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

If you look, there's also a portable version available. Great for if you don't want to make it a permanent part of your machine. (Although I can't imagine why you wouldn't.) It's a great utility.  :)
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-40hz (September 22, 2009, 09:59 AM)

All this time using Revo and I didn't know about this option.  :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:

Became aware I was frequently lucid dreaming when I was a young man. It's kind of second nature; I'm aware I'm dreaming while I'm in the dream. Some of my favorites involves "layers"; an awareness you're dreaming inside a dream where you're dreaming inside of a dream. It's like telling yourself "I'm dreaming" and knowing that outside is not awake but still another dream.

No tips, tricks, or mantras for this; it just happens.