OLD Software That You've Used In The Past

[Stigg]

I thought this thread might bring back a few memories.

Over the years, I'm sure we've all used tons of software that is now abandoned or maybe some surprisingly still in development.
I'm thinking of software that been around for a long time.

Here are a couple that come to mind.




I'm sure you all know what CDRWIN is used for, but some may not know that Axman was a file splitter and joiner.

 

[Winuser]

The original Ghost program. (Before Norton Ghost)

 

[Ghot]

Norton Ghost 2003
The "old" Zonealarm (free)
JV16 Powertools v1.3.0.195 (the last free version, and the best)
Symantec Antivirus (circa 2003)

I used all these from about 2003 and onward.

 

[Stigg]

The original Ghost program. (Before Norton Ghost)

I tried looking for screenshots of Ghost by Binary Research prior to the Symantec / Norton takeover. I couldn't find anything.
I still remember all those years ago when I was doing my network engineering studies, they'd use Ghost to reimage all the computers after class.

 

[Stigg]

Norton Ghost 2003
The "old" Zonealarm (free)
JV16 Powertools v1.3.0.195 (the last free version, and the best)
Symantec Antivirus (circa 2003)

I used all these from about 2003 and onward.

I used ZoneAlarm in the very early days.
I also used jv16 PowerTools. I thought it was good back then.
I also used Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition a long time ago because it was much lighter on resources than the Norton branded alternatives.

I guess I'm livin' on the edge these days. I don't find that I need any of that crap today.

 

[Fabler2]

Alcohol 52% free

 

[Stigg]

I remember using Microsoft Schedule+ many years ago.
Most of its functionality evolved into Outlook. We now know it as the Calendar in Outlook.

 

[Stigg]

Before Microsoft purchased it, Visio was developed by Shapeware Corporation.

 

[Winuser]

I tried looking for screenshots of Ghost by Binary Research prior to the Symantec / Norton takeover. I couldn't find anything.
I still remember all those years ago when I was doing my network engineering studies, they'd use Ghost to reimage all the computers after class.

It was a great program back then.

 

[WXC]

Dragon Naturally Speaking by ScanSoft (2002)

 

[flashh4]

Some i use to use years ago ! I have a lot more on my list !
1. Codestuff Starter
2. Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel
3. Bootvis
4. SysInternals AutoRuns for Windows
5. Sisoftsandra
6. PC Pitstop system analysis
7. Scotty The Watchdog Winpatrol
8. SpywareDoctor
9. WOT
10. FileHippo.com

 

[Stigg]

Around about the time of Windows 3.1 (early to mid 90s), so called RAM Doublers became popular due to the price of RAM and the apparent difficulty in upgrading some computers.

The four most popular variants were: Connectix RAM Doubler, Syncronys SoftRAM, Quarterdeck MagnaRAM, and Helix Hurricane.

Software Spotlight: RAM Doublers

During the early to mid 90s, an odd kind of software tool emerged - the so-called "Ram Doublers".

forum.winworldpc.com

I remember using Connectix RAMDoubler. I don't know if it made any difference.

Connectix RAM Doubler Windows 3.x

RAM Doubler is a utility for Windows 3.1 that uses advanced resource management and memory compression techniques to allow more applications to run side by side. It was designed to be simple and easy to use compared to some competing programs. It competed against similar tools such as SoftRam...

winworldpc.com

 

[flashh4]

Ok, more old tools used for cleaning Malware & for other uses !

1. CleanSofts Update Notifier
2. RadarSync 2009
3. SSW Diagnostics
4. UpdateStar Free
5. Kaspersky file upload
6. FileHippo.com Update Checker
7. Secunia Software Inspector
8. Doxdesk.com
9. SpywareGuide.com
10. Answersthatwork.com

 

[Stigg]

Dragon Naturally Speaking by ScanSoft (2002)

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Dragon Naturally Speaking was once the leading speech recognition software. It probably still is, although there are a few contenders for that title these days.

 

[Stigg]

WinZip was the first file archiver I ever used. I don't use it these days.
But I find it interesting how it started.

WinZip 1.0 was released in April 1991 as a Graphical User Interface (GUI) frontend for DOS command line tool PKZIP.

With PKZIP installed, and with WinZip properly installed and configured, a user could simply double-click on a zip file to extract its contents, or drag and drop some files to create a new ZIP file. WinZip handled the user interface, and on the back end, it ran PKZIP.

Eventually, WinZip adopted its own ZIP implementation, and dumped PKZIP. Now, there were no complicated dependencies nor configuration. If a user needed to open a zip file, they could simply download and run WinZip as a single program.

An early WinZip release.

 

[flashh4]

A few more ............
1. A Squared anti-trojan
2. Comodo BOClean Anti-Malware 4.27
3. DR Web anti-virus
4. FireLogXP
5. Google pack includes Spyware Doctor
6. IE Spyad
7. LavaSoft Ad Aware
8. Mcafee Site Advisor
9. Spybot Search and Destroy
10. Spywareblaster

 

[Stigg]

A few more ............
1. A Squared anti-trojan
2. Comodo BOClean Anti-Malware 4.27
3. DR Web anti-virus
4. FireLogXP
5. Google pack includes Spyware Doctor
6. IE Spyad
7. LavaSoft Ad Aware
8. Mcafee Site Advisor
9. Spybot Search and Destroy
10. Spywareblaster

I used 7, 9 and 10 many years ago.

 

[flashh4]

I have used all those above at one time or another working Malware logs over the years or recommended them ! Not even sure most are not in existence ! And i have a lot more !
1. Super Antispyware
2. WOT warns you about risky websites
3. Spyware Warriors List of rogue(fake) anti-spyware apps
4. Bit Defender online-scanner
6. jotti's malware scan 2.99
7. Kaspersky free online-scanner
8. Panda ActiveScan Perform an online scan
9. Windows Updates Downloader
10. UpdateStar Free

I have all the links for all but the links are from back around year 1995-2005 somewhere in that range ! I have a lot more but hate to use up all the room here ! I thought about making a post about these on W 11 but not sure if they would like them ! Anyway have a good one friend !

 

[Stigg]

Did anyone ever use CableNut?

CableNut Software

CableNut Software CableNut is a tool for optimizing your Internet Connection. We have provided a way to tweak almost every possible TCP/IP registry entry via the CableNut program. You can load 'CableNut Custom Setting' files that are included with the program to tweak your Internet connection...

cablenut.com

 

[Edwin]

I always try to get Office 2010 to run on Windows xxxxxx, just for sumpthin to do!