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Thread ID: 18329	2002-04-23 00:35:00	When was 98SE installed?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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45166	2002-04-23 00:35:00	Is there a way to tell when the last time Windows 98SE was installed on this computer. JM	Guest (0)
45167	2002-04-23 01:50:00	Do a search for the file win.com Right click on that file and select properties. On the general tab have a look at the 'created:' date, this date will be when windows was last installed. Bruce	Guest (0)
45168	2002-04-23 05:22:00	Thanks Bruce, but going by that I would have installed it 3yrs ago to the day. But that is definitely not right. JM	Guest (0)
45169	2002-04-23 05:30:00	Have a look in the c:\ directory. There might be a .LOG file created during the installation. It's probably noted in the Registry somewhere too.	Guest (0)
45170	2002-04-23 06:17:00	Have a look at the file again and make sure you look at the 'created' field and not the 'modified' field. When you install windows this file is 'created' and therefore is timestamped with that date. The date you are seeing (the modified date) is the date Microsoft Created/Published the file. Note: The 'created' field will list the full Date including the time in hours:minutes:seconds. This is very useful in pinpointing EXACTLY when windows was last installed. The 'modified' field should resemble something like: Friday, 23 April 1999 22:22:00 Bruce	Guest (0)
45171	2002-04-23 06:19:00	It is in the registry, but as a 32bit number that needs to be interpreted!	Guest (0)
45172	2002-04-23 06:26:00	Just had a look in my C: directory and there are a number of files with the 'modified' date that I reformatted and reinstalled just before Xmas last year. Not sure if that's any help but some of them are: autoexec.bat Frunlog.txt Setuplog.old Folders with the same date are: Windows Program Files (My) Documents Windows Update Setup Files I don't know if these files' dates would change if you reinstalled rather than reformatted. ******** Hey Graham, congrats on scoring a CD wallet! *heh heh heh!*	Guest (0)
45173	2002-04-23 08:51:00	Seet thanks, 20 October last year it was then. I thought it was due for a reformat. JM	Guest (0)
45174	2002-04-26 00:28:00	I don't know how to find out when you installed the OS, but what I do is when ever I install the os I change the label of the hard drive to the date that I installed it. Maybe you could do this for the future	Guest (0)
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