Hi, As the subject says, I'm wondering if there's really any advantage to using a third party zipping utility such as WinZip, over the one that comes with XP....especially since the release of V9? Apart from security, is the compression supposed to be any better? Going from memory last time I used 8.1 on 98 Se, you had different compression options, which is something I don't see in the utility offered by Microsoft, which perhaps isn't all that surprising. As I'm entitled to a free upgrade, thought I'd enquire. Cheers, Mark Mark Matthews E-mail: mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx MSN/Windows Messenger: markmatthews3@xxxxxxxxxxx Home Page: http://www.qsl.net/gw0wgk ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq