Thanks ray - that probably should've been my first port of call lol! 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 Ray's Home Sent: 09 September 2004 11:35 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advantages to using a third party zipping utility? Mark, didn't know XP had its own unzip facility, LoL! If I had known, doubt that I would be carrying on with Winzip 9 which I use now and continually nags me on startup to buy or use evaluation. I imagine it must comedown to convenience and nicities thrown into the interface, but I do know there are plenty of alternatives to the usual Winzip utility. Now off to look at XP help to enlighten myself. Ray Personal emails: Email me at mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Matthews" 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 ** 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