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Windows Install Date Thingie: I made it!
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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