WinZip to install video card driver?

[pomegranate-man]

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.)

 

[TaurArian]

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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| 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.)

 

[Hans Mull]

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

 

[philo]

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

 

[Mike of Wrexham]

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.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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.