how to tell when xp was loaded

[fathead]

Is there a way to tell when windows xp was installed?

http://www.ics-ms.com

 

[Rick998]

Have a look at the date/time of BOOTSEC.DOS in the root of C: (You'll need to be able to 'View hidden files and folders') as this looks like is one of the first files to be written to disk at the beginning of a new install.

Alternatively, have a look at the earliest date/time of the 'Spool' sub-folder in the System32 folder.

Hope this helps...

 

[wuneyej]

The psinfo tool from

http://www.sysinternals.com

gives this information. And you can use it to check machines remotely, instead of having to go to every machine.

JP

 

[linney]

Type "systeminfo" at a command prompt to obtain the original install date.