When was a program last run

[CommonTater]

Well, looking at the files in system32, I last accessed them (a few) on the 12th of January, most were last year.
I would imagine that the kernel has better things to do than update the access time when it loads a dll or exe.

Your results might be accurate... It stands to reason that a group of files will be accessed each time the OS starts, a second group will be started by application launches, and a third group will sit dormant being used only rarely. 

Also note there is a Registry Tweak that turns this particular feature of the NTFS operating system off.  It does give a noticeable increase in performance so most "Tweakers" will allow you to turn this off... In which case the newest LastAccess times will reflect when the tweak was enabled.

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/50/

To know which is the case, you would need to check if the tweak is active or not before proceeding.

[jj2007]

So, what you're telling me is that the system accurately recorded activity that was occuring while you slept. 
Y'know what... I'm getting real tired of you.

Oberlehrer Tater, it is you who is insinuating that everybody is stupid except you:

jj ... NTFS stores file dates and times as UTC ... To get your local time from them you need to use FileTimeToSystemTime() ... if you know how to use it.

So don't be surprised if from time to time I poke you - because I love that "pfffft" sound when the air gets out of you. I sincerely hope that the code you produce is not as bloated as its author

[CommonTater]

Oberlehrer Tater, it is you who is insinuating that everybody is stupid except you:

I don't think you're stupid ... just misguided.

So don't be surprised if from time to time I poke you - because I love that "pfffft" sound when the air gets out of you. I sincerely hope that the code produce is not as bloated as its author

So you are proclaiming yourself to be a stalker who's going to pick on me at your whim?

Buddy you seriously need psychiatric help an you need it NOW.

[BogdanOntanu]

Oberlehrer Tater, it is you who is insinuating that everybody is stupid except you:

I don't think you're stupid ... just misguided.

So don't be surprised if from time to time I poke you - because I love that "pfffft" sound when the air gets out of you. I sincerely hope that the code produce is not as bloated as its author

So you are proclaiming yourself to be a stalker who's going to pick on me at your whim?

Buddy you seriously need psychiatric help an you need it NOW.

CommonTater  please watch your language ....

[CommonTater]

CommonTater  please watch your language ....

And the stalker now takes your warning as encouragement.

Well done!

[sinsi]

>Your results might be accurate...
Well considering today is the 18th...

[CommonTater]

>Your results might be accurate...
Well considering today is the 18th...

When's the last time you shut your computer down?

If, for example, you started your computer on June 1st 2008 and never shut it down, the LastAccess date for any DLL loaded and used by the OS or Explorer would likely be June 1st 2008 ... because they're being held in memory.

[sinsi]

Shuts down every day, like around this time. Credit me with a bit of a brain please 

[CommonTater]

Shuts down every day, like around this time. Credit me with a bit of a brain please 

I made no comment about your intellect ... Just because I think JJ is all messed up, does not mean I think the same of anyone else.

I was simply exploring all possibilities...
I have two computers here that have been running 24/7 with only a couple of reboots since 2010... It's not an uncommon scenario.

[sinsi]

Windows 8 hasn't been out for that long 

[CommonTater]

Windows 8 hasn't been out for that long 

Windows XP has and so has Win7 ....

Frankly, I could not care less about supprting windows 8. 
In fact, I have people paying me money to get it out of their systems.

[Magnum]

Resolution ?

[hutch--]

Guys,

Can we cool the irritations a bit, these things are just differences of opinion, not life and death scenarios.

[dedndave]

looks like a normal assembly language programmer discussion, to me   :lol:

[Magnum]

I agree.

It's a lot different than at msf-n.org right now.

A little harmless venting can be helpful.

Once I let my stepson beat a broken lawnmower with a sledgehammer.

(Gas had been emptied, etc.)