How old is your XP?

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Hi Darrell

The Windows, SVI and Documents and Settings folders are *not* overwritten,
although the Program Files folder *is* overwritten to show the 'Repair'
install date.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Hello Will,
| Doing a repair install is almost the same as doing a new upgrade,so it's
| not surprising that the installdate got set to the repair date date.
| I think that date reported in systeminfo is based off this registry key:
| HKLM\Sofware\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion: InstallDate listed in
| seconds from January 1, 1970.
| I change that key and date reported in systeminfo changes.
| Setuplog.txt should record the date, but the repair install I think
| overwrites that date. The Documents and Settings folder however should not
| be overwritten
| Thanks,
| Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|
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| Subject: Re: How old is your XP?
| Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 15:48:26 +0100
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| | | Unknown wrote:
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| | > You thought wrong. System info is available on XP home at
| accessories--system
| | > tools. You can get additional info by clicking on my computer then
| system
| | > info on the left side. But date???? I doubt it.
| |
| | Will was referring to the command line tool systeminfo.exe. That isn't
| | in XP Home. You are referring to the system info tool that has a
| | graphical interface, which is in both Home and Pro. There are freeware
| | downloads available that can get this info in XP Home if it is needed,
| | including psinfo from
| | http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psinfo.shtml.
| |
| | --
| | Tom Porterfield
| | MS-MVP MCE
| | http://support.telop.org
| |
| | Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
|
| Tom, I believe that the command prompt 'systeminfo' may be a bit
| mis-leading. I've just checked on a partition where I know I performed a
| 'Repair' install - that date is next to 'Original Install Date:', whereas
| the date of the Windows, SVI and Documents and Settings folders are dated
4
| months earlier when I performed a 'Clean' install of XP.
|
| --
|
| Will Denny
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
|
|
 
Just get out to a command prompt and look at the date of your Windows directory, that should be the date it was created/installed.
 
go to the command prompt, typ
systeminf
then press enter. information will be dumped on the screen and near the top it should tell you when the system was installed :-)
 
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