WinZip to install video card driver?

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I'm looking to install the video card driver that's at
http://tinyurl.com/22rkcc

The installation instructions there say,
"Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) ..."

WinZip isn't installed on my computer, a Dell Dimension with Win XP MCE. Is
there some reason I need to get WinZip in order to install the video driver?

(I used WinZip before on Win 95/98, but thought it wasn't necessary on Win XP.)
 
Hi there, it looks like it's a self extracting file, just following the instructions.
You don't need WinZip.
K

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"pomegranate-man" . wrote in message
news:Xns9A3E8E84C4178PJJGFZPLIpomegranate@216.196.97.136...
| I'm looking to install the video card driver that's at
| http://tinyurl.com/22rkcc
|
| The installation instructions there say,
| "Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) ..."
|
| WinZip isn't installed on my computer, a Dell Dimension with Win XP MCE. Is
| there some reason I need to get WinZip in order to install the video driver?
|
| (I used WinZip before on Win 95/98, but thought it wasn't necessary on Win XP.)
 
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pomegranate-man schrieb:
> I'm looking to install the video card driver that's at
> http://tinyurl.com/22rkcc
>
> The installation instructions there say,
> "Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) ..."
>
> WinZip isn't installed on my computer, a Dell Dimension with Win XP MCE. Is
> there some reason I need to get WinZip in order to install the video driver?
>
> (I used WinZip before on Win 95/98, but thought it wasn't necessary on Win XP.)
I think this driver is using a self-extracting archive created with
WinZip. WinZip is a very bad. Use 7-zip if you want an additional
archive program.

Kind regards, Hans
 
"TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there, it looks like it's a self extracting file, just following the
instructions.
> You don't need WinZip.
> K
>



That's right...
just double click and let the installer go to work.
the WinZip extractor is contained within the executable file
 
"Hans Mull" <deyringer@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> pomegranate-man schrieb:
>> I'm looking to install the video card driver that's at
>> http://tinyurl.com/22rkcc
>>
>> The installation instructions there say,
>> "Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) ..."
>>
>> WinZip isn't installed on my computer, a Dell Dimension with Win XP MCE.
>> Is
>> there some reason I need to get WinZip in order to install the video
>> driver?
>>
>> (I used WinZip before on Win 95/98, but thought it wasn't necessary on
>> Win XP.)
> I think this driver is using a self-extracting archive created with
> WinZip. WinZip is a very bad. Use 7-zip if you want an additional
> archive program.
>
> Kind regards, Hans

In what way is Winzip very bad? It works very well for me.
 
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:12:49 +0100, Hans Mull
<deyringer@googlemail.com> wrote:

> pomegranate-man schrieb:
> > I'm looking to install the video card driver that's at
> > http://tinyurl.com/22rkcc
> >
> > The installation instructions there say,
> > "Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) ..."
> >
> > WinZip isn't installed on my computer, a Dell Dimension with Win XP MCE. Is
> > there some reason I need to get WinZip in order to install the video driver?
> >
> > (I used WinZip before on Win 95/98, but thought it wasn't necessary on Win XP.)
> I think this driver is using a self-extracting archive created with
> WinZip. WinZip is a very bad. Use 7-zip if you want an additional
> archive program.


Although Winzip (or any third-party zip utility) is no longer
necessary with XP's built-in zip/unzip capability (and is especially
unnecessary with a self-extracting archive), it is certainly *not* a
bad program, and in fact is one of the better third-party
alternatives.


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