not sure what you mean by reinstalling windows utilityes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kerstetter" <dhk55@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: [guispeak] Re: File Decompression Problem in XP Actually, I'm thinking about reinstalling windows utilities before I do a complete reinstall of SP2. It's just an idea someone gave me this morning; so I'm going to look into it. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: gerald.g.weichbrodt@xxxxxx To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: [guispeak] Re: File Decompression Problem in XP Hi Dan, I've been reading the various posts made on this subject over the weekend. I'm not familiar with 7Zip, but it occurred to me to suggest uninstalling it so that you would be back to just Windows XP's native support for zip-files. My experience has been that installation of other zip-file-handling software generally renders the native support inoperative or at least unreliable. I'm thinking you might want to try moving back to the native support provided with XP, see how that works, and then, if you like, reinstall your 7Zip. At the very least, I suspect testing out the build-in XP support might tell you if there are other health problems in your copy of XP. As well, if you haven't installed XP Service Pack 2, I'd highly recommend it. SP2 has been around a long time, and it provides good strong enhancements and bug-fixes. Installing it may also fix some problems that could have crept into your copy of XP over time. Regards, Jerry "Dan Kerstetter" <dhk55@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/22/2007 04:21 PM Please respond to guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [guispeak] File Decompression Problem in XP Hi all. I'm using XP Service Pack 2 Home edition. Just within the past week or so, I have not been able to unzip any file folders. If I use the utility that comes with XP, I get the usual vague error message from Microsoft. If I use 7Zip, I get a diagnostic message saying that I have CRC failures and the file is broken. I haven't installed anything new lately or made any changes to my system. I also, in hopes of solving the problem, ran deep maintenance today on my system with the same results. I would appreciate anything anyone could tell me about how to correct this problem. Thanks in advance. Dan ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq