When was Windows installed?
For different reason, you might want to know when Windows installed. Luckily you can find this information other places then checking out the date on certain system files that was created/modified and stamped at the same time as when you installed Windows. The file date stamp method does not in calculate that files change this information during upgrades etc. during the lifecycle of the installation In registry, you have a Key to help you with this information. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\InstallDate