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Finding out when a PC was setup (date)

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Xcalibur

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I was here at work and I'm putting together a spreadsheet with specs on all of the machines. The problem is that the president wants to know the date they started being used (put into service) but I personally dont know od any way to detect when a computer was first used. Any and all help is appreciated.
 
There probably isn't a way to determine exactly when each first went into service, but you can estimate it. A lot will depend on the OS in use, and the way the systems are used and managed.

One thing that might tell you a lot will be the creation dates of directories in the Windows Profiles directory. (In Win-2K it's C:\Winnt\Profiles).
On mine, there is an "All users" folder created on 5/4/2001, which is close to the time when I first got the system set up and working properly on the office LAN. I actually got the system in late April, but it took a week of installing and reinstalling apps., Service Packs, and a few changes to my account to get it set up properly.
The C:\Winnt\system32 directory, however, shows a creation date of 3/21/2001, which is about a month before I ever got ahold of the system (I assume this is when the factory install of the OS occurred).
 
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