Microsoft Download Center Archive

69 points by luu3 days ago

2 comments

MPSimmons2 hours ago
PowerToys (<a href="https://legacyupdate.net/download-center/powertoys" rel="nofollow">https://legacyupdate.net/download-center/powertoys</a>) used to be on my "first software to install" list on a new machine. Between Tweak UI and Deskman, you could _almost_ get a minimal X Windows-like UI. Get those set up and add on LiteStep (<a href="http://litestep.net/" rel="nofollow">http://litestep.net/</a>) and you were pretty much good to go, with the exceptions of the kernel, network stack, and CLI toolset, of course.
- chungy1 hour ago
  Wow, somehow I entirely missed that Windows XP versions were made. I relied pretty heavily on the Windows 95 PowerToys when I used Win95.<p>Deskman seems like it'd be awesome.
socalgal21 hour ago
This is great! But, it feels like it's only a matter of time before it changes ownership and everything is re-bundled with malware. It sucks that I can't get old downloads but it would be nice if they came from official sources. I don't have a solution. But looking for old drivers etc, mostly leads to bad sources.
- JohnTHaller54 minutes ago
  Legacy Update has been well-supported for over 3 years and takes donations via Github (11 current, 61 past sponsors) and Patreon (where you can sponsor up to $80 to fuel Adam's 3D printing addiction). I recommend it to our PortableApps.com users who are on older operating systems and use it in my virtual machines for testing our releases. I'm hopeful it'll stay as is for a while.