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What's the deal with WinZip?
    #18743941 - 08/22/13 07:12 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I've got Windows 7 and can't unzip files because the computer automatically unzips them with WinZip and apparently I have to buy a copy in order to do that and it doesn't appear that there's any other program that unzips files.  I thought zipping/unzipping was a basic computer function?  Is that not correct?


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: sonamdrukpa]
    #18743948 - 08/22/13 07:13 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

lol i know just how you feel.  my trial version had been expired for 550 days before they finally stopped letting me use it for free :frown:

now i can't unzip


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: sonamdrukpa] * 2
    #18743952 - 08/22/13 07:14 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

LOL

www.7-zip.org

best out there FTW


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: sonamdrukpa]
    #18743955 - 08/22/13 07:14 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

E:nevermind :lol:


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: memes]
    #18743958 - 08/22/13 07:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

best file archiver with a high compression ratio;; even better it is open source


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: SoreSpore]
    #18743993 - 08/22/13 07:24 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

SoreSpore said:
LOL

www.7-zip.org

best out there FTW




Yes, what the Sore Spore said.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: 4runner] * 1
    #18744036 - 08/22/13 07:37 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

im confused, it always tells me its not free but does it anyways

or is winrar different from winzip


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: hidenseek1]
    #18744103 - 08/22/13 07:52 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Winrar is trial software that will still uncompressed stuff for ever. It will just say your trial has expired 2435 days ago while uncomressing shit. WinZip might do the same but I haven't used that since the late 90's.


7zip is free, will compress stuff better than winzip, similar to winrar but will never bug you.
Use that uninstall the others.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: hidenseek1]
    #18744125 - 08/22/13 07:57 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

i'm on 7 and winrar works fine for me. and yes winrar is free. 7-zip is a good free one too.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: millzy]
    #18744155 - 08/22/13 08:04 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

You can't compress stuff with winrar unless you buy it.
Right?


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: sonamdrukpa]
    #18744191 - 08/22/13 08:13 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I dont know but my winzip's free trial expired years ago and it still works fine.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: 4runner] * 2
    #18744211 - 08/22/13 08:17 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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anunnakian said:
Winrar is trial software that will still uncompressed stuff for ever. It will just say your trial has expired 2435 days ago while uncomressing shit. WinZip might do the same but I haven't used that since the late 90's.




Yeah, when I saw winzip in the thread title, I thought my toilet had transported me back in time 15 years.

Just in case it did, I know something you don't:
Yes, he did have sexual relations with that woman... Ms. Lewinsky.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: koods]
    #18744231 - 08/22/13 08:21 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

lol, yeah, koods. Thankfully the creator of 7-Zip made a free solution to archive files. If you haven't hopped on the 7-Zip bandwagon yet, now is the time. :smile:

I did, however, come across one archive that only WinRAR could decompress, but as mentioned, the author made it so that it never deactivates. It just displays a message saying the program is not free, which is basically a gimmick to strongly encourage or trick a person into buying it.


Seems like people who share files prefer WinRAR. I never see 7-Zip archives on the Internet, only RARs (7-Zip cannot make RARs, it can only decompress them; it has its own alternative).


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: s240779]
    #18744246 - 08/22/13 08:25 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Terabytes, motherfuckas! Why are we still compressing files? Files that need compression are already compressed.

The days of having to compress the ASCII porn to send to my friend over a 300 baud modem are over.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: koods]
    #18744274 - 08/22/13 08:31 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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koods said:
Terabytes, motherfuckas! Why are we still compressing files? Files that need compression are already compressed.




Right. And compression will either compress it by only a negligible amount or leave it the same size or actually make it slightly bigger (the algorithm fails to compress the file and extra work is created, or something; the file will be the same as the original when decompressed though). However, koods, you're forgetting that these programs have a "Store" function which does not employ compression but there are other aspects of an archive format such as putting multiple files into one file and splitting files into multiple parts.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: s240779]
    #18744331 - 08/22/13 08:44 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

The last time I used winrar was for archiving.

How is the encryption in these programs? That's another possible use, I guess.


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: koods]
    #18744491 - 08/22/13 09:21 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

koods said:
Terabytes, motherfuckas! Why are we still compressing files? Files that need compression are already compressed.

The days of having to compress the ASCII porn to send to my friend over a 300 baud modem are over.




yaaa, but bandwith cost money in the boondocks, i only get like 25 free gigs a month

and that was just increased before it was like 2


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: hidenseek1]
    #18744607 - 08/22/13 09:54 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

/winrar


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: sonamdrukpa]
    #18744675 - 08/22/13 10:12 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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sonamdrukpa said:
I've got Windows 7 and can't unzip files because the computer automatically unzips them with WinZip and apparently I have to buy a copy in order to do that and it doesn't appear that there's any other program that unzips files.  I thought zipping/unzipping was a basic computer function?  Is that not correct?





Maybe just delete winzip? I'm pretty sure that windows 7 has built in unzipping capabilities. You probably just have your default program for .zip files set to winzip.

I used to roll with xp and even xp has built in unzipping


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: sonamdrukpa]
    #18744860 - 08/22/13 10:54 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

dude i don't know i fucking hate any programs that try to help me i know what im doing just let me use the internet i payed for :mad2: but win-rar is good but win-zip is bullshit maybe we are thinking of different win-zips my win-zip is an anti virus or some scanning bullshit


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Re: What's the deal with WinZip? [Re: spixce] * 1
    #18744877 - 08/22/13 10:59 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

This thread.... :header:


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