Old software

iTunes

7.2 first oldest version of iTunes to function (probably because it's the first with Vista support), doesn't connect to iTunes store, supports Audiobooks (needs to be checked in Preferences)

7.4 has different GUI (selected menu is blue instead of dark grey)

7.2.0.35 does not have high quality AAC encoder (at least not as a preset, 256kbps is available under Custom) and GUI isn't updated like 7.4 where selected menu is blue

7.2.0.35 only uses 26MB of memory! (no, 50MB after iPod use?)

Troubleshooting

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

remove items from add and remove programs

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products

also remove manually all folders, Common files application support etc.

iTunes 7.4 CD configuration error on startup, just create an empty folder named "CD Configuration" in the iTunes folder in program files

I've spent a lot of time on iTunes in my life

https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/ITunes

https://ipsw.me/iTunes

C:\Users\scrip\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates\ iPod_25.1.3.ipsw iPod photo

FileBot

Useful for renaming tv shows and movies by querying theMovieDB

Oldest free version is 4.7.7

Install. Likely will get warning that Java Runtime 1.8 is required. Download Java SE 8 JRE

Use TheMovieDB for both movies and tv shows