XTreeGold (before the "for Windows" versions came out.)
It was a file manager with loads of features.
Yes I know there are modern clones but they just aren't the same.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTree

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oh boy I guess back when everyone ran XP, I used to use this winternals admin pack to reset Passwords that people forgot. Reseting passwords on win 10 is an entirely different thing, its actually easier but whatever.

I really miss the old skype from before microsoft took over, it was such a great app for both chatting/calling and also for sending files to your friends, and it was all done triple-encrypted p2p, none of that cloud shite. I have yet to find a good replacement, one probably doesnt currently exist.

God Of Gaming wrote:

I really miss the old skype from before microsoft took over, it was such a great app for both chatting/calling and also for sending files to your friends, and it was all done triple-encrypted p2p, none of that cloud shite. I have yet to find a good replacement, one probably doesnt currently exist.

It started going downhill a good while before Microsoft took over, but Microsoft only made it worse. And, no, a good replacement does not exist. There are plenty of better messengers out there (WhatsApp, Telegram, etc), but for video calls and PC integration they are nowhere near where Skype was 10 years ago.

DOS Command Center. Probably not widely known, as it was a German clone of Norton Commander, but much better. These days, I'm still using the Windows Command Center from 2001, but that does not compare at all to the good old DOS version.

I do NOT miss ICQ..... OH-OH! OH-OH! OH-OH! Going on the whole day when receiving messages 😵 Messenger is also not missed for the same reasons...even whatsapp is less intruding 🤣

If I limit myself to software that I would still want to install on a new system and not that I simply miss, (like XTree above, Love it but have no need on a modern system)

#1 Start Menu. Ok the currant windows 10 one isn't that, by why does it have to be dynamic? If its not indexed properly then your programs disappear as far as the general user is concerned.

#2 Outlook 2003 or 2010. Newer interfaces look cleaner but take more mouse clicks to get stuff done. 2003 was the best interface IMHO but 2010 was a better product and not change for change sake

#3 Nero 5. If I'm actually mastering a CD the File Manager like view in Nero is nice and clear, admittedly I don't do much of this anymore so maybe a good modern alternative

Bonus
Blackberry Enterprise Server. Server side configuration is always better then user side! Active Sync just means I get people who have no interest in IT come up and ask me to config their device which means I have to stop what I'm doing or make a note of their phone and email login's

I miss the crazy applications made by Kai Krause/Metacreations: KPT Goo, Show, Tools, Bryce and on.

meljor wrote:

I do NOT miss ICQ..... OH-OH! OH-OH! OH-OH! Going on the whole day when receiving messages 😵

The ICQ "OH-OH!" sound has been my phone's notification sound for years now. I like seeing people's faces light up when they recognize the sound and get all nostalgic, haha.

God Of Gaming wrote:

I really miss the old skype from before microsoft took over, it was such a great app for both chatting/calling and also for sending files to your friends, and it was all done triple-encrypted p2p, none of that cloud shite. I have yet to find a good replacement, one probably doesnt currently exist.

yup, when skype was still p2p it was such a nice chat program, I miss that too, even now they still manage to make it worse with every new update, and no I also don't know of a suitable replacement unfortunately.

Horun wrote:

There is a lot of older software not able to run on newer computers

No.
One way or another, modern computers can run pretty much any old program.

However, old software is usually useless because it doesn't support modern file formats, protocols, etc.
This problem especially affects Internet-related software.

So I can say I miss eg. Netscape Communicator 4.xx - I still can run it, but it's useless on the modern Internet.
Heh, maybe what I actually miss is the Internet of the 90s?

Grzyb wrote:

One way or another, modern computers can run pretty much any old program.

No, it can't. Since the switch from Win9x/ME to XP (and hence to the NT-line), DOS is gone. Since the switch to 64-bit, no 16-bit applications can be executed anymore. So on your modern computer, you can not run any DOS applications, nor any 16-bit Windows applications, incl. early stuff for Windows 95, which often had 16-bit components.

And with the latest UEFI and GPT instead of MBR, secure boot, USB with no legacy option, SATA with no IDE emulation, etc., you even lost the possibility to boot into older OS'es. So no, modern computers can *not* run pretty much any old program. (emulation aside)

Modern computers stopped being "IBM compatible" years ago.

Dynamic Drums on the Amiga back in simpler times of electronic music.

https://youtu.be/1KMwHp79R2k

Gered wrote:

meljor wrote:

I do NOT miss ICQ..... OH-OH! OH-OH! OH-OH! Going on the whole day when receiving messages 😵

The ICQ "OH-OH!" sound has been my phone's notification sound for years now. I like seeing people's faces light up when they recognize the sound and get all nostalgic, haha.

Where can I get that ringtone for my iPhone??? Pleaaaaase hahaha

I miss MSN Messenger, with its bells and whistles. The button to call someone’s attention in a conversation, the possibility of using your subnick to show what you were doing/listening to...

I also miss Netscape Communicator, best browser I had ever used instead of Crapnet Exploder.

• Windows 95 without Internet Explorer shell integration (or without Internet Explorer at all). The last gasp of the days when users had full and unilateral control of their own computers, and full control of what software was installed on them.
• Netscape Navigator 1.1-3.04. The gold standard (no pun intended) for web browser interface and performance. 3.04 was still semi-usable for browsing much of the web as late as 2001 or so.
• Mozilla Firefox 1.x. The revival of Netscape 3 for the new millennium! Intuitive UI, ran happily on everything back to Windows 95 if you had enough RAM. The last groundswell of enthusiasm I ever had for a new tech product.
• AIM 4.x. Ran on Win95, didn't require IE, and needed but a tiny percentage of the overhead that Skype requires for instant messaging today. Was the default communications medium in my social circle around 2005 or so, but gradually became useless when the users started drifting away.
• Windows Paintbrush (not Paint) as a standard bundled accessory. It stimulated creativity in a way that no other paint program could.
• WordPerfect for Windows. (It still exists, but I haven't seen it deployed in an enterprise or been handed a .WPD file in years.)
• Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier. (Curse the ribbon! I still use Office 97 on Windows 7 at home; but as with WordPerfect, I haven't seen it deployed in an enterprise in years.)

bfcastello wrote:

Gered wrote:

meljor wrote:

I do NOT miss ICQ..... OH-OH! OH-OH! OH-OH! Going on the whole day when receiving messages 😵

The ICQ "OH-OH!" sound has been my phone's notification sound for years now. I like seeing people's faces light up when they recognize the sound and get all nostalgic, haha.

Where can I get that ringtone for my iPhone??? Pleaaaaase hahaha

Here you go! I dunno what formats iPhones allow as ringtones / notification sounds, but I'm sure you could convert this if necessary.

MultiEdit, which was the best text editor I ever used (until I learned Vim properly).