Date/Time

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	Scripting Windows Internals

Parsing Dates in Batch Files & Regional Settings / Locale

Determining day, month and year on the command line is surprisingly difficult if the solution is to work across locales, i.e. on international systems with different regional settings. Although we can use the variables %DATE% and %TIME% their contents is specific to the locale. If set to German, the date is displayed in the format dd.MM.yyyy, if set to English (United States), the date format is M/d/yyyy.

Which Software Installed That Driver - And When?

Which Software Installed That Driver - And When?

Installing a software that includes a driver may leave your system in an inconsistent state. If the install fails, parts may remain on the system. And if the remaining part is a driver, I get nervous - drivers are not the kind of stuff I want to have lingering around my system’s memory. Here is a way of identifying when a driver actually got installed.

Windows Internals

How to Determine the Windows Installation Date with and without PowerShell

How to Determine the Windows Installation Date with and without PowerShell

There are many ways to determine when Windows was installed. Here are some of them. Systeminfo The systeminfo tool displays a lot of interesting information about the computer and the operating system, among them the installation date. Here is some sample output: