Hello Lance list and All that asked , Phil here : I was being ' nice ' I did not want to get bounced from the list for using foul language . SO , insert expletive of your choice where I put ' buggy ' , I found the prog to be Extremely poor programming , Total lack of support , I could not get it to function correctly , After reading the directions fifteen time all I could usually get is a Error " Nothing to Do " , OR when it would zip up some thing I could not locate where it put it ! , After a few frustrating tries I sent it to Cyberheaven and got PKZip , Which worked fine , Untill my Hard drive exploded last month , I now use Bigspeed as it is free !! , I spent 5-7 hours looking at the various progs , and settled for it ! , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <hty31b5@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:38 PM Subject: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Which file compression program is best/free? > Phil, in what way is WinZip "buggy"? > > What did you find "hard to use" about it? > > Would be interesting to read your comments. > > Lance > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Stevens [mailto:joe2phil@drizzle.com] > Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2004 11:12 > To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Which file compression program is > best/free? > > Hello List an Lance , I believe that you will find the Free Trial of > WinZip is a VERY LARGE Down load !!!! , While bigspeed is very small > !!!!! , > Big is not always better !!!! , WinZip is Buggy And Hard to use !!!! , > Phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lance" <hty31b5@hotmail.com> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 5:27 PM > Subject: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Which file compression program is > best/free? > > > > Sue, WinZip has a 21 day trial period. After that it costs USD29.00. A > > zip program is an essential tool on nay computer as so many files > arrive > > that way. It's also a handy way of compressing your own files to > > conserve space. I have used WinZip for years and it is always > reliable. > > > > WinZip can be found at: http://www.winzip.com/winzip.htm > > > > As well as the free BigZipper Phil mentioned, there are a couple of > > other popular programs (not free): > > > > WinRAR http://www.rarlab.com/rar_archiver.htm > > PKZip http://www.pkware.com/ > > > > BigZipper would suit your purposes at the moment, I feel. > > > > Lance > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0434-1, 2004-08-17 > Tested on: 19/08/2004 1:37:43 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >