Weekend Open Forum: Your most outdated software?

[Zen]

In my old computer software box, I've got an unopened copy of Microsoft Office 97, I think I might even have an unopened original copy of Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.....don't ever see that sucker ever being opened! :haha:

 

[veLa]

I have a desktop with Windows XP SP3 on it. It's not my primary machine of course; I keep it in the living room to handle the TV.

 

[Guest]

Another ACDSee 2.x user here. ACD Systems really shitted up their viewer horribly after 2.x but it still works fine on Windows 7, other than an occasional hang on animgifs.

 

[Per Hansson]

Acdsee v2.43 It's more than a decade old...
To this day it is the fastest and most efficient picture viewer there is IMO
I use Irfanview when I need something more modern, but it's not as quick at rendering images...
For more advanced photography work I use Photoshop CS3

I'd love to be able to use older versions of AutoCAD but it's simply not possible due to incompatibility with the later versions of file formats, same with Solidworks...

When I use Win7 I use the Aero interface, I like it.
But for XP I prefer the classic interface, like in Windows 2000
Actually I prefer Windows 2000 over any modern OS but it's simply become too outdated due to planned obsolescence.

 

[Tgard]

Paperport 9 that came with a multi-function printer in 2007? maybe. I used Paperport 8 and older versions before that. Got used to being able to save my docs in pdf with this program way before I could find other (free or cheap) programs to do that, and could edit the pdf doc right in the paperport software without paying Adobe such a fortune at the times in the past when I needed the capability. Still have organized folders and stuff that I scanned maybe 10-12 years ago using some version of this software. And I like the fact that I didn't have to buy another program with money I didn't have at the time. Realized my other option was pirate some scanning/office program to do that because of lack of funds back in the day, but I wasn't too comfortable with that idea.. So I own it and still use it and it works with Win7 64 just fine; Hey, if it aint broke right?

I run Win7 in basic mode as I have an older game that doesn't play well with Aero.

Tgard

 

[Marnomancer]

Advanced System Care 5. Never bothered to update it despite notifications. Maybe I'll update it now.

 

[Guest]

Not too much. I dont mind the new software if it's good. If software became bloated, I will find alternative new software. Actually I like to try new stuff.

 

[gwailo247]

Where is the QuickPar love out there, lol?

The oldest stuff I have are things like this, tiny little programs designed to do one thing, and one thing well. HJ split maybe, a couple of other file utilities that I find the need to use once in a while. But on a daily basis, probably QuickPar would be the oldest thing I use.

 

[Guest]

Paint Shop Pro 8, circa 2004.

 

[Benny26]

With me it was Creative Media Source 7.

Media Source 5 was amazing for free software (with my soundcard), It came with support for almost all music formats; It came with loads of free add-on software like Music editors and Midi makers. While...

Media Source 7 is awful, if not for a worse word. There is only a fraction of add-on software, most of it pretty useless anyway. But the biggest change is that the main music editing software has had MP3 support removed, which on most systems renders it a total lead weight on the hard drive now.

 

[Doctor John]

Surely part of the attraction of antique software is that it is flaky, outdated, retro and generally crap? I thoroughly enjoy a go of "Chip's Challenge" or Hocus Pocus not because they are slick modern games, but because they are near as dammit obsolete
And certainly not out of technophobia (else I'm in the wrong job!)

 

[Guest]

Som do I.
there is a problem
I Installed Windows 8, but, there isn't Classic Theme !

 

[agissi]

Guest said:
Nero 6 as all the other versions after that got blotted and lost the point. Do you want to burn CD/DVD or have all this junk that come with the newer versions.

+1

 

[Per Hansson]

For those of you clinging to old versions of Nero burning ROM.
There is a "Nero Lite" project, it's reached it's end of life but it's what I use anyway to cut down on the bloat http://updatepack.nl/
But anyway there are now better alternatives like the free Infrarecorder software http://infrarecorder.org/

 

[Guest]

Currently playing the original Half Life for the umpteenth time. Guess that counts as old software, but honestly it's timeless IMHO.

 

[TomSEA]

I keep current on operating/utility software. Have contacts with MS so always get the latest OS and Office package for free. So my oldest software would have to be the game Zork.

 

[amstech]

We still run Office 2003 on several hundred user stations and Server 2003 R8 on dozens of servers.
Office 07 and 10 are no different but their pricing for licensing is a joke.

 

[Guest]

Nero 7 Essentials, and the majority of it is still compatible with Win 7 64bit.

 

[Guest]

Macromedia Fireworks 8. It's relatively small and works great!

 

[steve1711]

Office 2002. Wprd amd Excel used every day) Lotus Organizer 6.1 - no other pim comes close - first used it on windows 3.1 now use it on win 7 64 bit. (Also used every day - same file from 15 year ago!) Pagemaker 7 - so much easier than opening Indesign.

 

[Bibman]

At work, we use Teledenken TOPDOC2 running on Windows95. It is a PLC interface software that is difficult to find hardware to run it on these days. We actually run IPDS motion software on a DOS 6.22 box, also. We are trying to convince the powers that be, that we can't support this much longer. Managers get I-Phones, maintenance can not get the software to keep our plant running. Pretty sad.

 

[Micro Watt]

The oldest piece of software I use, would have to be Visual Studio 6 which I use for Visual Basic 6. It is compatible with Windows 95...

 

[ehume]

I first got into Paint Shop as shareware on a floppy. Upgraded to PSP 1, I think. Then 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. Guess which one I use? PSP 7. After that just bloatware. PSP 5 came on floppies, but PSP 7 was distributed on CD-ROM, and I kept all the updates so I have been able reinstall it with every rig change and OS update that comes along. I hope it never becomes incompatible.

Is it really 14 years old now? Hmmm.

 

[unrealmp3]

For me it's a tiny program called HashCalc. It's used to verify the checksum of a file using a bunch of different algorithm, and it wasn't updated in a while.

But the application works and I didn't encounter any bugs with it so far. No reason to update it, and I don't see any security concerns if no updates are made.

 

[3DCGMODELER]

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