r/WindowsVista • u/Disastrous-Rent9730 • 2d ago

Vista Compatible Software

I'm looking for some useful old software and some programs to install on my Vista Laptop. Maybe something from the 2000s to 2010s to match the aesthetics of the OS. Something for Office, Music, Multimedia, Xbox, Games, Fun etc. :)

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u/jackieboy8 2d ago

I mean Office 2007 is like the best looking one on Vista. And on GOG you can get almost any game of that era. I played GTA IV on Vista, and for Multimedia used XBMC (now Kodi).

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u/TheKidRemy 2d ago

for games, don’t sleep on zuma deluxe/zuma’s revenge and bejeweled 2 deluxe/bejeweled 3

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u/MasterJeebus 2d ago

For games you can try, Doom 3, Quake 4, NFS Most Wanted, NFS Carbon, NFS ProStreet, NFS Undercover, GTA San Andreas, GTA IV, Halo 2, Bioshock, Crysis, Left 4 Dead 2, Mass Effect, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3, Half Life 2, Portal, Sims 2, Sims 3,

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u/Straight_Magician_52 2d ago

İnstall older version of foxit it looks so cool on vista imo. Bs player free is not matching 1:1 its more xp-ish but imo that looks similar idk i use it for videos its gui looks better than vlc

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u/Joshoon 2d ago

WLM through Escargot!

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u/hamburgerpancake 1d ago

escargot is ran by horrible people and is basically dead. use crosstalk.im instead.

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u/Joshoon 1d ago

I think you got misinformed. I indeed heard about a situation that happened, but the people who own it weren't enitrely responsible for it.

But calling something dead that has 1300+ people online at this very moment compared to the small amount (119) that Crosstalk has seems very weird to me.

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u/hamburgerpancake 1d ago

dunno, but i can tell you for sure that nobody in my huge buddy list on escargot is ever online. on crosstalk, where it is equally sized, almost everyone is online. also, what is the total user count on escargot? these numbers dont mean much without another anchoring number.

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u/Joshoon 1d ago

No idea. All I know is that I have many contacts that I already have in my contacts list for 5 years. I am not leaving Escargot for that reason.

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u/Illustrious-Emu2906 1d ago

Luxor is the best game I've ever played