Windows Live OneCare Rewritten - Reviving a Dead Microsoft Product

Today we're checking out OneCare Rewritten - a project that attempts to brings some functionality back to the now-defunct Windows Live OneCare subscription service.

Thanks to Cobs for creating this!

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[MichaelMJD]

Cobbs has already begun work on XP support! It's currently in closed beta but he has gotten it to install successfully.

[kbhasi]

Wow. A local computer shop in my area still had a sealed copy of Windows Live OneCare in their window since 2007! I never had it back in the day as I couldn't afford it.

[kyleolson]

I spent 4.5 years of my life working on OneCare. A couple of things you've got wrong:

It did not come about after the purchase of GeCAD. It was in development long before then. I was involved in early 2002 but it went back to at least a year if not two. OneCare was not built on top of GeCAD. In fact, we were working on a different engine. There was a big political hullabaloo about this. If my memory is correct, we did not originally release with GeCAD because the cost of changing would be too high.

There were multiple AV products ongoing at MS at the time. There was a professional level product with GeCAD, and I believe GeCAD was used in Defender (which I also did a lot of work on).

[retroroom]

Perfect example of why I hate online activation, and why it destroys old software.

[thedungeondelver]

This really makes me miss the Glass interface. God damn you, Microsoft, GIVE US OUR UI BACK.

[sundhaug]

If you want to see the "you've got a virus" screen - download EICAR to a local folder, then run a custom scan on that folder. EICAR is basically a dummy-virus that only exists to test that AV is working.

[ismascarade]

2005 to 2008 were amazing years for Microsoft products I think. It's time for them to release the docs on how all these products worked so people can recreate these all services.

[kiane]

That’s crazy! Just got a copy at a by-the-pound Goodwill! So interesting to hear about it!

[wadmodderschalton]

Hopefully a similar project can be done to reverse-engineer the Microsoft Plus! XP programs to bypass the EULA error message.

[VistaLover]

That’s so interesting!! I also think that the Post-Vista packaging for it is pretty cool

[NoahClevinger]

A relaxing Friday afternoon with a brand new Michael MJD video is just what I needed!

[Wolterhon]

This guy did some outstanding job, I admire people like him.

[Elian]

man windows vista-7 was just the peak of technology

[jdatlas]

Oh goodness, I remember reading about this in support docs. Literally hadn't thought of this name in years, what a blast from the past.

[JmKirbyiou]

Amazing how much effort you put in these videos. It really is fascinating how many of the Microsoft products hold up for years or even decades to come. Cheers from Germany!

[Ttarler]

As a result of this video I’m strangely nostalgic for the Aero theme… so that’s gonna be an existential crisis.

[bucko]

Man, haven’t seen a copy of this in years! Nice video once again, Michael.

[sburton]

I actually remember when I bought a prebuilt desktop PC from Best Buy called Velocity Micro PC or something like that, it was a Core 2 Duo PC preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium that I remember buying in April of 2007 and the sales clerk strongly insisted that I also buy an antivirus program saying that I would catch a computer virus as soon as I connected that PC to the internet with Windows Vista. I think I remember turning that down, but I never really had any problems with viruses in Windows Vista, not like in the early days of Windows XP in 2002 and 2003. When I was using and exploring the new features in Windows Vista, I do remember seeing One Care software being an option as far as an antivirus software that I could purchase along with Norton or McAfee.

[ze]

Michael, will you check the Windows Vista Extended Kernel? I've dmed you on Twitter about it but i don't know if you see those messages!

[Marioa]

Last update for OneCare was in 2012 and that is the OneCare Family Safety Installation.