2006-07-18 10:06:11 · 8 answers · asked by Dylan 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
go to www.softseek.com
There is tons of free software
2006-07-18 10:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mohammed R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows has a built in feature to extract/open zip files. Just right click the file, and then hit extract. If this doesn't work for some reason, you can download winrar. It is free, and it can extract most compressed file types, including zip.
2006-07-18 10:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by Cheater 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The .ZIP file is one of several compression types. Using it, you can reduce files to a fraction of their uncompressed size.
.ZIP files date to 1989. They use a compression algorithm that looks for redundancies in a file. For instance, it might find a phrase repeatedly. It can substitute a number for that phrase. And in fact, it finds many redundant words and phrases that can be removed.
After downloading a .ZIP file, you have to decompress it. Windows XP includes a .ZIP decompressor. In earlier Windows versions, you must use another program. The best-selling independent decompression program today is WinZip. But the first, and most famous, was PKZip.
PK stands for Phil Katz. He developed PKZIP in the 1980s, after an acrimonious lawsuit over another program, PKARC. PKZIP quickly became the standard for compression programs. However, Katz was slow to develop PKZIP for Windows, and it was surpassed by WinZip.
There are many .ZIP programs around today. Windows XP includes built-in support.
If you're using an earlier version of Windows, WinZip ($29) and PKZIP ($39) can be used to create .ZIP files, as well as open them. If you just want to open files, try StuffIt Expander, which is free. You can get them at, respectively:
http://www.winzip.com/
http://tinyurl.com/7m694
http://www.stuffit.com/win/expander/index.html
Free Zip Program: QuickZip from Joseph Leung
http://www.quickzip.org/quickzip/downloads.php
QuickZip helps you shrink very large files or extract previously zipped files. It can extract 20 different types of archive files. The documentation is written in broken English but it's good enough to get you going.
Requirements: Windows 98, ME, NT, XP
2006-07-18 18:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by williamh772 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uze WinRar or Unzip programs, WindowsXP has built in function to open zip files
2006-07-18 10:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsashko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
winZip on a PC
or StuffIT Expander on a Mac
2006-07-18 10:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by ballistik696 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Install winzip.
2006-07-18 10:11:19 · answer #6 · answered by Binu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
winrar it's free
2006-07-18 10:23:25 · answer #7 · answered by Kalahari_Surfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.7-zip.com/ this is the best archiver
2006-07-18 10:09:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋