When was the last time you reinstalled Windows on your main PC?

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When was the last time you installed Windows on your main PC.  

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  1. 1. When was the last time you installed Windows on your main PC.

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xdot.tk

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As the title says, When was the last time you installed Windows on your main PC?

I'll start. About 2 1/2 years ago because I got a new i5 PC with empty hard drives. Windows XP. I installed XP on my moms computer over 5 years ago. Both still running good.

You can download the attached file, ( InstallDate.vbs.txt ) remove the .txt extension so that it's InstallDate.vbs, run it and it will give you the date. You can also find it by running systeminfo in a command prompt.

P.S. We don't care if you're on a Mac.

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Main system would be mid October 2009, Windows 7, just under 3 years. Still runs as good as the fresh install, probably the most reliable version I've ever used. Although probably going to switch up to 8 in a few months after the dust has settled a bit after it officially hits the shelves.

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Ph1b3r0pt1c

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What about my FreeBSD DB Server? :D 7 years ago :D

But in all seriousness, 9 months. Fresh 7 install in a VM for using Microsoft Dynamics CRM in.

[niccos@mortalkomb ~]$ uptime

10:08AM up 726 days, 10:21, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

[niccos@mortalkomb ~]$

[niccos@mortalkomb ~]$ uname -a

FreeBSD mortalkomb.at 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #4: Sun Oct 3 22:26:58 EDT 2010 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/gunit.kern amd64

[niccos@mortalkomb ~]$

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