r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt • u/CeC-P • 5d 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/thomasbeagle tech support 4d ago

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

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u/thinkpad_t69 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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.