LGR - Registering WinRAR

That takes me back. I remember using ACDSee v3 on W95/98 religiously. It was always part of a clean install.

Richard Birch

I once registered WINZIP. Turned out that such things don't carry over to the next versions. More fool me for doing the right thing.

Gary Leigh

I'm not ashamed to say that I am a paying customer of ACDSee. I even update every couple of years. For your next video, purchase a copy of mIRC!

Asaf Sagi

I'm glad my patreon memberhip helped finance your purchase!

JF Caron

They're each encased in archival dust covers :)

LGR

Just for fun, you should contact them and ask for a genuine key for that ancient version that won't work with your new one. :P

Michael Steenbeek

Thanks as always for the very entertaining video, it's comforting to see how simple their key Engineering is and how generous they are with their software, that culture is long lost on mainstream soft now. Side question: How do you keep all those records on the walls without them getting damaged by dust, humidity and such? A blerb(s) around your record collection, how you showcase them and such would be lovely <3

LJFox

After using WinRar for nearly >10 years i also registered my Version back in 2017. Feels good now <3

DarkBlue

I registered back in 2005, it was version 3.0 at that time. Haven't used it in a long time, 7-zip is the one I use now.

I registered it way back in 2013, after getting fed up one night with the nag screens when working on minecraft mods every other day , ha ha!

Blair Harrison

I've got a physical registered copy of WinZip ready to go for a video 👍

LGR

I noticed the later versions say "Alexander Roshal". Is that his son?

Steve Lovelace

It's almost a Patreon business model, where people who really like it can chip in something (though I'm sure you're right that commercial licenses are their bread and butter.)

Steve Lovelace

4-20-21 - I see you.

Lucas J. Chumley

Pretty much the same as Total Commander. Works back to very early version. Bought it just to support the dev, because it's also nagware.

"zoom cat filter lawyer" in the trending Google searches. That's how we know this was for sure recorded in the past couple of days!

Tom Barber

oh my god you get me every time with the dates

Robert Launder

Do WinZip next :P I remember paying for that when I finally got my first job.

Jason Wellband

Thank you for doing this.

I wonder if WinRAR 6 still lets one compress files into a RAR file after the 40 day trial. They long had a freeware UnRAR command line utility, so I presumed they allowed endless use of WinRAR to extract files, much like how an unlicenced Ms Office installation can still open and print Word documents, but not permit editing. I never actually tried compressing something back when I used WinRAR.

Seán Byrne

Just checked and Eugene Roshal is still alive (according to Wikipedia, not edited to be dead yet)—born in 1972, he was what, 21 when he developed RAR in 1993 and 23 for WinRAR in 1995. I was morbidly curious because a long time ago I had a piece of address book software (specifically, "Address Book" for MacOS) where the updates stopped coming and someone figured out the programmer had died.

Jason Olshefsky

Fun Fact: I have a registered copy of WInZIP Self Extractor back on my old Win98SE system as I was originally going to use it to distribute my software, but ultimately settled on the NSIS Installer. :B

Kris Asick

Technically, you've violated the license agreement by installing it on multiple PCs! ;-) Funny, never thought RAR would still be a thing. I mean, the last time I used it was in DOS to extract a pirated copy of a Lucas Arts game. We used to create RAR archives from installation folders and split it across multiple floppy images on the fly which as far as I remember was a killer feature in the 90s. Oh man.

G3rn0ti

Actually I did register WinRAR, but I think I lost the registration key, and probably don't have that E-mail address I registered it under. I bet it's been 15 or 20 years!

Still using PKZip 2.04G as part of my telnet BBS system. Heck, don't change it if it still works. LOL!

Not always, TOM Productions still wants to see some Euros for Game of Robot I-IV. ^^' Thing is, i would sponsor a key to Clint if he would like to make an episode about an obscure German shareware game. :)

BastetFurry

"RAR... it's a weird word". It gets weirder: the actual Dutch word for weird is "raar", which is effectively pronounced like you say "RAR", there.

Rutger van Bergen

I still prefer WinRAR over 7zip because 7zip doesn't handle broken archives well.

Ossi K

The "Thank you for support" dialog box on the older versions is the best part tbh. Everything about it is perfect: the fact it's a stock message box, the warning icon, the weird but still correct grammar, the title...

Pietro Gagliardi

My goal in life is to some day have enough disposable money that I'll consider paying for WinRAR just for the hell of it. Nowadays, there's always something else I'd rather use the money on.

Pablo Rodriguez

I'm surprised myself! Figured they would've used straight serial numbers for longer than they did.

LGR

Coupons? That's for pizza!

LGR

There are tens of us!

LGR

WinRAR? More like WinYARR

LGR

Toss Norton Commander in there and you've got about everything you need.

LGR

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PiraTed

LGR is a public service

LGR

And nothing like reading video comments about registering WinRAR while eating an ordered-in pizza. Cheers 🍕

LGR

Always knew you were a classy fellow, Anders.

LGR

Replaced WinRAR with 7-zip back in the day myself and never looked back! Still put it on pretty much everything, retro and modern.

LGR

Neat! I've still never tried DOS RAR. I assume whatever key they provided you with would also work with the WinRAR 2.0 I showed in the video, too.

LGR

I hope you've discovered LGR Blerbs then :) That channel is all about silly unscripted niche things!

LGR

The simplest of things, the stuff you have always overlooked is quite interesting :)

Uncleawesome

Yep, got a complete example to cover sometime!

LGR

Clint, do you have the Creative Video Blaster card? I bought it back in 92 or 93 and would love to watch a recent review for it. Maybe an episode for Oddware?

Some older shareware, if the author can still be reached they’ll just give you keys for the older versions. Which is quite nice for retro stuff.

JennaKay

Im a huge fan of your new content, the amount of detail and effort put into your videos is amazing, but boy does this remind me of older lgr!! And I love it! Silly, short and extreamly niche, perfect!

Mya Crosbie-Styles

I use a tool of the german company Ashampoo that supports different zip-formats. You really have to buy it to use it.

What name are you referring to?

LGR

My everyday tools are: MS-DOS 5.0, McAfee and * PKZip*. Anything newer than these are considered untrustworthy by me 😝

Well i'm glad you showed me what the process looks like, God knows I would never buy it myself lol

Zachary Outen

*Blocks name at 10:50* Also: *shows name at 10:51*

ah, memories of downloading a rar in many part because my internet was too slow

SupaPhly

Thank you very much ferraring. Fun video, I honestly didn't expect that key file to work so far back.

Alek

Nothing beats a long day at work like ordering in pizza and enjoying a video of Clint registering WinRAR

Jan-Marten de Boer

I still use WinRar... but yeah, have never registered it. This is actually a case of being put off by the price. $29? for something I use maybe twice a year for 5 seconds to un-rar something.

The 8-Bit Guy

I actualy paid for a copy of WinRAR back in hmm.. must have been around 2000 ish. ^_^

Anders Enger Jensen

7-zip! 7-zip! 7-zip! Jokes aside cool that it works backwards (to a point)

Dan Milner

When I registered the DOS version, it was around 1997 and they had to find a special process for providing me with a key that would work with DOS version 2.50 (the last DOS 16-bit version).

Jim Leonard

People still use winrar?

Instant Gratification Monkey

But I did! Now I have it forever.

Andrew Paul

lol

Patrick ODonnell

It says it has been removed by the uploader. This answers the question of what would have happened if I had ever registered PKZIP or Winrar. :)

Brett Owen

Lol, I've had a registration key since the dos days

Jim Leonard

Hilarious. I always wondered why anyone would register it.

*sees notification* He did it... the absolute madman...

pj

The anticipation is killing me, hope to see the video soon! :) I am one of those weirdo's who registered WinRar back in the day.

Patrick ODonnell

I have also toyed with this idea. I have a single key that I have generated (*cough*legitimately*cough) and have just been using when it nags me. I haven't done it as yet just because it's still free (even without the key file)

Josh Dionne

Fantastic video concept, looking forward to watching it :)

Peter Metzger

I registered WinRAR. Edit: Should've used the 30% off coupon code they give you when you boot up the software for the first time.

Did we finally find the one and only person in the world that has actually registered it?

Jorg Rademaker

One of my old university lecturers registered WinRAR. He was very proud of that fact, too! For some reason he'd tell all of us about it. Mind you he had the money, the textbook he wrote was the required reading for the course and cost £60!

Richard Kearney