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One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack
of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time
finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of
XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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Why XP? IIRC, Win ME has native zip file support. No need to leave the 9x family
for it. ;-) -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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"glee" wrote in message ... Why XP? IIRC, Win ME has native zip file support. No need to leave the 9x family for it. ;-) Unless may they were simply thinking about Win98's ability to view and extract .cab files Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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This is what I was thinking too, the system file checker extractor. I did
find an Iomeaga handel called USBzip.sys and a USBzip.inf file in the C:\Windows\System and Inf locations. "philo" wrote in message ... "glee" wrote in message ... Why XP? IIRC, Win ME has native zip file support. No need to leave the 9x family for it. ;-) Unless may they were simply thinking about Win98's ability to view and extract .cab files Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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Iomega Zip Disk is/was a type of storage device - similar in principle to a
floppy disk, but 100MB (and 750MB - IIRC) in size. It required a further piece of hardware called a Zip Drive (hence the need for the USBzip.sys and a USBzip.inf files and other driver files) to run these Zip disks. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive The "Zip" in this context has no bearing in 'zipping and unzipping' files using compression techniques referred to in the subject title. Mart "Jim" wrote in message ... This is what I was thinking too, the system file checker extractor. I did find an Iomeaga handel called USBzip.sys and a USBzip.inf file in the C:\Windows\System and Inf locations. "philo" wrote in message ... "glee" wrote in message ... Why XP? IIRC, Win ME has native zip file support. No need to leave the 9x family for it. ;-) Unless may they were simply thinking about Win98's ability to view and extract .cab files Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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100 MB and 250 MB (not 750 MB), as I recall. Never got that larger one -
was quite "content" (but that's a qualified content, especially in trying to access it in DOS, and the driver problems, etc) with the 100 MB size. But ever since USB flash drives came in, I don't miss the zip drives at all. :-) Mart wrote: Iomega Zip Disk is/was a type of storage device - similar in principle to a floppy disk, but 100MB (and 750MB - IIRC) in size. It required a further piece of hardware called a Zip Drive (hence the need for the USBzip.sys and a USBzip.inf files and other driver files) to run these Zip disks. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive The "Zip" in this context has no bearing in 'zipping and unzipping' files using compression techniques referred to in the subject title. Mart "Jim" wrote in message ... This is what I was thinking too, the system file checker extractor. I did find an Iomeaga handel called USBzip.sys and a USBzip.inf file in the C:\Windows\System and Inf locations. "philo" wrote in message ... "glee" wrote in message ... Why XP? IIRC, Win ME has native zip file support. No need to leave the 9x family for it. ;-) Unless may they were simply thinking about Win98's ability to view and extract .cab files Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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I forgot about ME. (I went from 98 to XP (well, I have both), and
bypassed ME. I guess the one good thing about ME (over 98) was the better USB support. Otherwise, I kinda think about ME about the same way I think about Vista - as a "misfit". :-) glee wrote: Why XP? IIRC, Win ME has native zip file support. No need to leave the 9x family for it. ;-) -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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Yes Bill, they did do a 750 MB version (not that I ever had one - see
http://www.iomega.com/direct/product...2 11830418324) But I do still (rarely) use my Zip100 USB connected to this XP box. Like you, I agree, USB flash/pen drives are far more convenient - and an awful lot cheaper! Mart "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... 100 MB and 250 MB (not 750 MB), as I recall. Never got that larger one - was quite "content" (but that's a qualified content, especially in trying to access it in DOS, and the driver problems, etc) with the 100 MB size. But ever since USB flash drives came in, I don't miss the zip drives at all. :-) Mart wrote: Iomega Zip Disk is/was a type of storage device - similar in principle to a floppy disk, but 100MB (and 750MB - IIRC) in size. It required a further piece of hardware called a Zip Drive (hence the need for the USBzip.sys and a USBzip.inf files and other driver files) to run these Zip disks. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive The "Zip" in this context has no bearing in 'zipping and unzipping' files using compression techniques referred to in the subject title. Mart "Jim" wrote in message ... This is what I was thinking too, the system file checker extractor. I did find an Iomeaga handel called USBzip.sys and a USBzip.inf file in the C:\Windows\System and Inf locations. "philo" wrote in message ... "glee" wrote in message ... Why XP? IIRC, Win ME has native zip file support. No need to leave the 9x family for it. ;-) Unless may they were simply thinking about Win98's ability to view and extract .cab files Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... It's no big deal though! Just install WinZip. She must be thinking of XP. (I won't even mention Vista here (snort). Ron Badour wrote: Ask significant other (SO) to show you--SO will have a VERY tough time finding it :-) -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Jim" wrote in message ... One day I was talking/complaining with a knowedgeable person about the lack of zipfile support in win98se. The significant other said, "windows has a zipfile extraction capability." Where is this located in win98se? Does this compress files also? |
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