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Ralf Maximus:
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.

Please download your copy today, and report back the oldest living Windows installation.  The winner will get a hearty thumbs-up and a stern reminder to knock-on-wood.

Thanks,
Ralf

PS... Is there a forum better suited for posting goofy self-written goodies like this?  If so, feel free to move it, forum gods.

UPDATE #1: Edited the reg key for accuracy.  D'oh!
UPDATE #2: Edited description of what the dword stores.  Feh.
UPDATE #3: New 1.1 version has Windows uptime display.

jgpaiva:
Fun idea, Ralf!!!
That gave me an idea: Let's see who has the older instalation of XP!

Mine has 6 months, 27 days and 6 hours :)

nudone:
alive for 2 years, 10 months, 16 days, 24h 5m 48s. which must the longest i've ever gone without reinstalling or resorting to a ghost image.

i imagine 2 years 10 months is going to be miniscule compared to some forum members i can think of...

PhilB66:
Cool. 2/17/2006 9:34:43 AM... now you do the math.

wolf.b:


No, not really ...

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