Vbscript get os install date

Better then the other answers, but how about imaged deployments? This is definitely closer to the correct answer; the other solutions no longer work with Windows 10 upgrades. For my Windows 10 system. Bin had newer dates. The date for system.

Daman Mokha 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. Note that you have to be Administrator to do this. On Windows 7 this gives an "Original Install Date" entry which for some reason is Robin Robin 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Panki 8 8 bronze badges. Amit Gupta Amit Gupta 71 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. MoonDogg MoonDogg 67 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. That would give the creation date of the pagefile, which is totally unrelated to the install date of the OS itself.

It can be recreated for a number of reasons and even tampered with if you really want. That's not a reliable method. It's not 'totally unrelated', as it gets created during the initial install. So unless it's been intentionally recreated or deleted at some point, in 'most cases' the creation date will be the same as the initial install date, as it persists through upgrades.

Definitely more so than many of the answers here. For me, this gives the most accurate date compared to all other answers. You can check the date for System Volume Information folder instead if pagefile. Split '.

Parse xxxxxxsUUU. Markus Markus 3 3 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. Thank you jla, I was not clear in my post. When you change the timezone on the fly whilst the program is running, the timezone change will no be reflected. You have to restart the program for timezone to take effect. This is same behavior as Powershell. When the timezone changes, the install date changes and also the timezone. The InstallDate is When using the above code, the timezone gets added twice.

Lko Jegue Lko Jegue 21 2 2 bronze badges. This probably just reads the InstallDate registry key and has the same problem; it changes on build updates. Nick Murtaugh Nick Murtaugh 21 1 1 bronze badge. This seems to be the easiest way. Amin Amin 27 1 1 bronze badge.

Not a programming solution. If there's some kind of interface that Powershell for example can interact with, list it. Tekki Tekki 39 1 1 bronze badge. Although valid - this is not a programming solution — Matt Wilko.

In newer versions of Windows, which use image-based installation. WIM files , the created date is when Microsoft created the image, not when the OS was installed on a particular machine.

All information except the install time. Windows 7 SP1. SHR 7, 9 9 gold badges 36 36 silver badges 55 55 bronze badges. Nathaniel J. Smith 9, 4 4 gold badges 36 36 silver badges 47 47 bronze badges. Here is a simplified code that simple uses the "Out-File -Append" instead: Text.

View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Use this powershell to get all updates: Powershell. Hi richardhall7, Thank you for replying. Hi richardhall7,. Ghost Chili. M Boyle This person is a verified professional. Devin, you need to run his code as a script not type it at the prompt.

Hi, I'm still getting an error message. Looks like this might be the issue. I think I narrowed it down. Your using the old code I first put up. I updated it to not use streamwriter. Use the code I put up in the post Mar 13, at PM one above your last one. Hi richardhall7, Thanks for the code. The VBScript will never work with Windows Thanks everyone for the help.

I was going to suggest adding some verbose statements to get timing information: Powershell. Hi M Boyle, I combined your code with richardhall7. This article will help you to get your operating system OS details using PowerShell.

Now when we know all the properties and their data types of the CIM class we can get results set with all the properties and decide which of them is interesting for us to collect.

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