Thanks Keith....that's something I'll have to keep an eye out for. Cheers, Mark Mark Matthews E-mail: mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx MSN/Windows Messenger: markmatthews3@xxxxxxxxxxx Home Page: http://www.qsl.net/gw0wgk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Barrett Sent: 09 September 2004 18:15 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advantages to using a third party zipping utility? Hi Mark, Another group I belong to, disklavier@yahoogroups, has had problems with the zip utility in xp, where files have been sent to members not using xp. I think for compatibility between systems, winzip may be the best option. Not sure if this has changed with sp2 as the thread on the other group went back a few months. On 9 Sep 2004 at 11:22, Mark Matthews wrote: > 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 Keith - - Keith Barrett gw4nby Bridgend South Wales ** 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 ** 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