Find Out When Windows Was Installed with the Systeminfo Command

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

If you're curious how old your computer is (or when you last did a clean install), this command line utility that can tell you when Windows was installed.

The systeminfo command gives you all sorts of details about your computer. If all you want is the date Windows 8 was installed, open a Command Prompt and run:

systeminfo | find /i "Original"

For Windows 7, run:

systeminfo | find /i "install date"

The added parameters give you just the original install date. If you've reinstalled Windows it will give you that date instead, but it's still handy.

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[Rich-M]

Interesting but I just look in Programs and Features to see when the majority of programs were installed.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

That won't tell you when your OS was installed. This command will.

 

[Rich-M]

Ususally its pretty close and no need to install anything to find out.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

It's a command, Rich, not an installation.

 

[AWS]

I knew about the command, but never knew you could things like this with it.

 

[Rich-M]

Ooops....