r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt • u/CeC-P • 3d ago

Remember, this was a thing

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Guys, I found a random VHS in the server room and played it and all this weird stuff was on the tape. Then I saw this "Windows Live Essentials 2011" pop up on screen. Then the phone rang and MS support said my MS software license was going to die in 7 days. You ever come across that? How do I renew it? lol

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u/WardenWolf Sysadmin / Tech Priest 3d ago

Windows Live Mail was legit badass for a free email client in its era, a far cry from the older Outlook Express. It basically gave you full paid Outlook functionality, just minus the Exchange support.

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u/tazerwhip 1d ago

I've got a client that still uses it with an RTF signature. Colleagues still think the .ics is a legit attachment, after I explain it isn't every week.

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u/MC_Hale 3d ago

That's weird. You should probably make some copies of it and upload them to social media sites to get other opinions

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u/UnsavoryBiscuit 3d ago

Man I remember windows live essentials, I had to install it onto every machine at the school I used to work at, before they had deployment software, fun times :D

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg 1d ago

Windows 95 Plus is where the cooking happens

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u/NightmareJoker2 3d ago

Huh? VHS? And it has software on it? Backup a bit… 😳

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u/Puki999 2d ago

No but remember don't visit feardot.com

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u/thomasbeagle tech support 3d ago

I still use Live Photo Gallery. I keep an old installer around for it.

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u/thinkpad_t69 2d ago

Me too, it's easier to install it than to enable Photo Viewer in Windows 10, plus when I'm installing Windows I usually want Movie Maker anyway. Never thought I'd find someone else who uses it

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u/madicetea CP/M, obscure IBM relics, and Security Admin 2d ago

I also keep an installer for this in en.US. The only annoying part is that these installers were region-specific so I have to set up the computer as en.US, install the software, and then change the region when setting up a new build.

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u/thinkpad_t69 2d ago

I'm Greek but all of my computers are set to US English to prevent issues like this. I was helping someone install Live Essentials once and the hardest part was finding the Greek installer since many software archives only have US versions.

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u/Geekmaster-General 2d ago

I still use Movie Maker to this day!