How to find when Windows was installed on a computer.
Here's a trick you can use to find out when Windows was installed on the computer you are working at. Open a command prompt and type the following:
systeminfo | find /i "install date"
This command pipes the output of the systeminfo.exe command into the find.exe command to locate the line of text that contains the string "install date" and displays the result.
Cheers,
Mitch Tulloch
MVP Windows Server
http://www.mtit.com
About Mitch Tulloch
Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com .
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