I don't know if this is the place to ask, but I have some old Windows Live One Care backup discs that I could never get Live One Care to open because it wouldn't install on my XP computer, but if anybody has any ideas on where to look for information, I would appreciate it.
Windows Live One Care has been superseded by Microsoft Security Essentials, so it is probably a waste of time trying to use it as there are no new updates. You can download Microsoft Security Essentials free from Microsoft & install it.
Refer to this website for more info. Windows Live OneCare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hope this helps.
The reason I am looking for a way to decipher a Windows Live One Care backup is that I lost some files in a computer crash and some of them are on Windows Live One Care backup discs that I can't access now. I don't think Microsoft Security Essentials would address those. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Dick
Have a look at this website which may help you recover those files. There is a lot of info on the site so read through it to find ones on One Care, that seem to apply to your problem.
Microsoft forums - Windows Live OneCare Backup and Restore
Hope you get lucky.
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