Comment about XP's built-in ZIP utility

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I have a Dell 2400 running XP Home SP2.  I've tinkered with XP's built-in ZIP utility, but have not found it to be useful at all in shrinking audio or video files.  If I have a 7.5MB file, and use XP's ZIP program, it will be 'shrunk' to about 7.48MB.  Whoo hoo.  I suppose this program is only useful for text documents. Message Edited by Lawnmowerguy on 12-30-2005 10:56 AM

Jim Hardin · Answer

@lawnmowerguy wrote:

I have a Dell 2400 running XP Home SP2. I've tinkered with XP's built-in ZIP utility, but have not found it to be useful at all in shrinking audio or video files. If I have a 7.5MB file, and use XP's ZIP program, it will be "shrunk" to about 7.48MB. Whoo hoo. I suppose this program is only useful for text documents.

Message Edited by Lawnmowerguy on 12-30-2005 10:56 AM

These types of files are already compressed to the hilt.

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