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Windows In a Box

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Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com

Flightless Bird
On 1/25/2010 2:55 PM, Jolly Polly wrote:
> JonC wrote:
>>
>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>
>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm

>
> neat
>
> thanks

The file that downloads is a rar file which my W 7 says it does not know
how to de-compress. What tools work in W 7 for rar files?
Jeff
 
C

Chris Sidener

Flightless Bird
<Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com> wrote in message
news:F7o7n.100$uH1.5@newsfe25.iad...
> On 1/25/2010 2:55 PM, Jolly Polly wrote:
>> JonC wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>
>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm

>>
>> neat
>>
>> thanks

> The file that downloads is a rar file which my W 7 says it does not know
> how to de-compress. What tools work in W 7 for rar files?
> Jeff


Try this....
http://www.7-zip.org/

Chris
 
G

Grenou

Flightless Bird
<Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com> wrote in message
news:F7o7n.100$uH1.5@newsfe25.iad...
> On 1/25/2010 2:55 PM, Jolly Polly wrote:
>> JonC wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>
>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm

>>
>> neat
>>
>> thanks

> The file that downloads is a rar file which my W 7 says it does not know
> how to de-compress. What tools work in W 7 for rar files?
> Jeff



I use Free RAR extract Frog:
http://download.cnet.com/Free-RAR-Extract-Frog/3000-2250_4-10804840.html
Works fine in W7.
:)
Grenou
 
R

relic

Flightless Bird
<Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com> wrote in message
news:F7o7n.100$uH1.5@newsfe25.iad...
> On 1/25/2010 2:55 PM, Jolly Polly wrote:
>> JonC wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>
>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm

>>
>> neat
>>
>> thanks

> The file that downloads is a rar file which my W 7 says it does not know
> how to de-compress. What tools work in W 7 for rar files?
> Jeff


IZArc is free and works with all compressed files.

http://www.izarc.org/
 
C

Char Jackson

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:34:28 -0500, "Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com"
<Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com> wrote:

>On 1/25/2010 2:55 PM, Jolly Polly wrote:
>> JonC wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>
>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm

>>
>> neat
>>
>> thanks

>The file that downloads is a rar file which my W 7 says it does not know
>how to de-compress. What tools work in W 7 for rar files?
>Jeff


The obvious choice is WinRAR, but as others have pointed out, there
are free alternatives such as 7zip.
 
J

Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com

Flightless Bird
On 1/25/2010 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:34:28 -0500, "Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com"
> <Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1/25/2010 2:55 PM, Jolly Polly wrote:
>>> JonC wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>>
>>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm
>>>
>>> neat
>>>
>>> thanks

>> The file that downloads is a rar file which my W 7 says it does not know
>> how to de-compress. What tools work in W 7 for rar files?
>> Jeff

>
> The obvious choice is WinRAR, but as others have pointed out, there
> are free alternatives such as 7zip.
>

Thank you all. Appreciate the help.

Jeff
 
R

ray

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:38 +0000, JonC wrote:

> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>
> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm


Interesting. One of the arguments I hear from folks who don't want to
even try Linux is that they don't want to have to 'retrain' or 'relearn'.
So here we are retraining on the latest MS version!
 
F

Frank

Flightless Bird
Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com wrote:
> On 1/25/2010 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:34:28 -0500, "Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com"
>> <Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/25/2010 2:55 PM, Jolly Polly wrote:
>>>> JonC wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm
>>>>
>>>> neat
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>> The file that downloads is a rar file which my W 7 says it does not know
>>> how to de-compress. What tools work in W 7 for rar files?
>>> Jeff

>>
>> The obvious choice is WinRAR, but as others have pointed out, there
>> are free alternatives such as 7zip.
>>

> Thank you all. Appreciate the help.
>
> Jeff


What a ridiculously stupid statement.
 
A

Alias

Flightless Bird
ray wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:38 +0000, JonC wrote:
>
>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>
>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm

>
> Interesting. One of the arguments I hear from folks who don't want to
> even try Linux is that they don't want to have to 'retrain' or 'relearn'.
> So here we are retraining on the latest MS version!


Actually, Ubuntu is more similar to XP than Win 7 is and would require
less retraining or relearning.

--
Alias
 
P

Philo F. Shagnasty

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:hjn50j$njn$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> ray wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:38 +0000, JonC wrote:
>>
>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>
>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm

>>
>> Interesting. One of the arguments I hear from folks who don't want to
>> even try Linux is that they don't want to have to 'retrain' or 'relearn'.
>> So here we are retraining on the latest MS version!

>
> Actually, Ubuntu is more similar to XP than Win 7 is and would require
> less retraining or relearning.
>
> --
> Alias


Ubuntu is more similar to a train wreck and would require many hours of
messing with to learn the cryptic commands that you need to tweak that
INFERIOR OS to do what you want.

Best to stay away from Ubuntu. Ubuntu was written by geeks for geeks who
can't get laid.
 
A

Alias

Flightless Bird
Philo F. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>
> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hjn50j$njn$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> ray wrote:
>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:38 +0000, JonC wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>>
>>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm
>>>
>>> Interesting. One of the arguments I hear from folks who don't want to
>>> even try Linux is that they don't want to have to 'retrain' or
>>> 'relearn'. So here we are retraining on the latest MS version!

>>
>> Actually, Ubuntu is more similar to XP than Win 7 is and would require
>> less retraining or relearning.
>>
>> --
>> Alias

>
> Ubuntu is more similar to a train wreck and would require many hours of
> messing with to learn the cryptic commands that you need to tweak that
> INFERIOR OS to do what you want.


False.

>
> Best to stay away from Ubuntu. Ubuntu was written by geeks for geeks
> who can't get laid.


False. In short, you're lying again. If Windows were so wonderful, you
wouldn't have to lie about Ubuntu.

--
Alias
 
R

ray

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:24:14 -0800, Philo F. Shagnasty wrote:

> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hjn50j$njn$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> ray wrote:
>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:38 +0000, JonC wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't know if this has been posted before, if so feel free to "flame"
>>>>
>>>> http://www.big-daddy-design.com/windows7inabox.htm
>>>
>>> Interesting. One of the arguments I hear from folks who don't want to
>>> even try Linux is that they don't want to have to 'retrain' or
>>> 'relearn'. So here we are retraining on the latest MS version!

>>
>> Actually, Ubuntu is more similar to XP than Win 7 is and would require
>> less retraining or relearning.
>>
>> --
>> Alias

>
> Ubuntu is more similar to a train wreck and would require many hours of
> messing with to learn the cryptic commands that you need to tweak that
> INFERIOR OS to do what you want.


Ah - I see you've never tried it :)


>
> Best to stay away from Ubuntu. Ubuntu was written by geeks for geeks
> who can't get laid.
 
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