Hi all,
I have several complete archives from computers I've used over the last couple decades and, for clarity, need to establish when those PCs were used, cradle-to-grave. Windows versions are Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 7. Unfortunately, I didn't use XCOPY to preserve timestamps, so file creation and modification dates are unreliable. And, I'm guessing most Windows logfiles roll over, and probably aren't readable from my current Windows 10 machine anyways.
Surely, there's an ASCII log somewhere that can tell us when Windows was installed? And another to tell us when it was last shut down?
Any assistance is appreciated.
I have several complete archives from computers I've used over the last couple decades and, for clarity, need to establish when those PCs were used, cradle-to-grave. Windows versions are Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 7. Unfortunately, I didn't use XCOPY to preserve timestamps, so file creation and modification dates are unreliable. And, I'm guessing most Windows logfiles roll over, and probably aren't readable from my current Windows 10 machine anyways.
Surely, there's an ASCII log somewhere that can tell us when Windows was installed? And another to tell us when it was last shut down?
Any assistance is appreciated.