While I had my other machine (an XP machine) I had it and don't recall ever being prompted to pay for it! I got 7Zip, so will just see how that works out for now! Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 6:57 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Concerning Rar files WELL, I THINK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR IT, BUT I'D BEEN USING WINRAR FOR YEARS ON MY XP PC AND JUST SKIPPING OVER THE NAG SCREEN. -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 7:17 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Concerning Rar files Is WinRAR no longer free? I looked on that site, but everything I saw seemed to indicate that it's "paid!" All I saw were "trial"...leading me to believe that WinRAR is no longer a free program! Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 7:25 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Concerning Rar files a Rar is probably a compressed archive. It's an alternative to the .zip algorithm. Get the Winrar programme mentioned in the post above to uncompress/extract .rar files. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:04 AM Subject: Re: Concerning Rar files Hi! I tried opening a RAR file in Winamp but I didn't get any sound, why is this so? On 20 May 2014, at 3:58 pm, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Rar - try 7-zip or WinRAR. > Cheers, > Joseph > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John > Chilelli > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 10:55 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Concerning Rar files > > Hi all, > > How does one open and install one on your Windows PC? > > Do I need a third party program? > > Thanks, > > John > > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane