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ln
August 2nd, 2001, 01:04
I am looking for older versions of some popular freeware/shareware.
I borrowed a laptop and accidentally scratched part of the HD including some program files (mostly free/shareware).
Now I need to reinstall the stuffs that I wiped out (hopefully that'll work). I'd rather just reinstall the exact same old stuffs that used to be on the laptop, and return it, rather than explain why I have to update all the software if I reinstall the newer versions...
Anybody knows where there is an archive of older versions ?
I checked download.com but they seem to have only the latest versions.
Thanks for help.
Gayowulf
August 2nd, 2001, 01:12
What sort of shareware/freeware?
ln
August 2nd, 2001, 01:20
well, stuffs like cuteftp (version 3.? I'll have to check), a telnet program (ttermpro I don't know the version yet), even a Netscape 4.? (also have to check, wasn't using it), some other programs
I haven't grasped the whole extend of the damages yet. I'm just trying to see right now if I can fix the laptop back to it's previous original state or not.
martian
August 2nd, 2001, 04:56
just type in the name of the program onto a search engine and the version... like cute ftp 3.0 and than the result will list the 3.0 versions of the program. It works, I did it before. Some download sites have still older versions of free/shareware programs...
You won't find older versions on major download sites like download.com, because they upgrade the versions constantly.
ln
August 2nd, 2001, 07:13
yeah I also figured I'd do that, searching for them 1 by 1 on Google. It's quite a chore tho. I wish someone would have built a huge archive site with everything on it...
ln
August 2nd, 2001, 07:33
On a related subject:
If some of the shareware were registered (I don't even know if they were or not, assume they were), where would the registration info be ?
Is it ok if I save the registries (*.DAT files), uninstall what's left of the previous installation, reinstall a fresh copy of the shareware, then just overwrite the registries with the saved .DAT files ? So if the registration info was previously written in the registries that should work right ? Where else would the registration be stored ? If it was on some file in the same program directory then I guess I'm f*cked...
Any suggestion ?
lucifer
August 2nd, 2001, 08:10
sounds like you want a serials site :D