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    How to Change Windows Installation Date and Time Using Registry Editor

    In my Previous Article, I showed how to Find Your Computer’s Windows Installation Date and Time, and now I am gonna show you How to Change Windows Installation Date and Time Using the Registry Editor.

    Change Windows Installation Date using Registry Editor:

    Step 1: First of all Open “Run” dialog box. To do so you can either do it by typing “Run” in the Start Menu search or by pressing the “Win+R” key combination.

    Step 2: Now type “regedit” in the box that appears and hit enter. You can also type “regedit” in the Start Menu search to open Registry Editor.

    Registry Editor Using Run Dialog Box
    Registry Editor Using Run Dialog Box

    Step 3: Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion > “ in the Registry Editor Windows.

    Step 4: You will find a key named “InstallDate” in the Right sidebar as shown in below image.Just Double Click on it.

    Step 5: A new popup box will appear showing numerical value. This is the number of seconds between 1/1/1970 and your installation time.

    Step 6: To change your Windows installation date just add or subtract the duration by which you want to change your date. For Example – If you wish to add one day to your installation date, then add “60x60x24=86400″ to the value.

    If I wanted to add one day to my installation date, I would change the value to “1350224291″. Now Click OK after that.

    That’s it, Now go and Check your Installation Date and See the Difference.

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    Maitreya is the Founder and Chief Editor at Broodle. He loves helping people around him to get through the day to day trouble they face with technology. So that, they can love technology as much as he does!

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    Solomanwise

    NO LONGER WORKING, IN THE NEWEST WINDOWS 10 VERSION, THAT KEY DOES NOT EXIST!! NOV-2020

    PK Pandey

    Sir, then how to change installation date please share with me

    unix

    unix timestamp.. have fun xD

    eddy

    U need Dcode prog to decode time 😉

    PK Pandey

    Sir, how to change installation date. Pl share with me I need help

    Giga Chad
    # Generating a random date between Jan 1, 2011, and Dec 31, 2022
    $start = [datetime]::new(2011, 1, 1)
    $end = [datetime]::new(2022, 12, 31)
    $randomDate = $start.AddSeconds((Get-Random -Maximum (($end - $start).TotalSeconds)))
    
    # Converting the DateTime object to Unix timestamp
    $unixTimestamp = [int][double]::Parse(($randomDate.ToUniversalTime() - [datetime]'1970-01-01T00:00:00').TotalSeconds)
    
    # Calculating LDAP/FILETIME timestamp directly
    $LDAP_FILETIME_timestamp = ($unixTimestamp + 11644473600) * 10000000
    
    Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -Name "InstallDate" -Value "$unixTimestamp" -Force
    Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -Name "InstallTime" -Value "$LDAP_FILETIME_timestamp" -Force
    
    if ((Get-Service w32time).Status -eq 'Stopped') {
        Start-Service w32time
    }
    
    w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org" /update
    Restart-Service w32time ; w32tm /resync
    
    rogers

    no sirve en windows nunca cambia