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From: Jose on 25 Feb 2010 16:16 I am not taking sides by responding to Unknown - just posting a link to a perhaps helpful article! What is the difference between a compressed file and a zipped file? http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/XPcompress/xpcompress.htm
From: Unknown on 25 Feb 2010 16:20 Tell that to Twayne. "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> wrote in message news:ckpdo51outi0rdh6t147a2ijdjjaq91t55(a)4ax.com... > "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote: > >>Take a blue colored .ini file. It isn't unzipped. It is opened by Notepad. > > Try to open a blue colored *.txt file in WinZip. It can't do it > because it's not a zip file. > > -- > Tim Slattery > Slattery_T(a)bls.gov > http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
From: Jose on 25 Feb 2010 16:30 On Feb 25, 10:30 am, "joe" <j...(a)ebox.com> wrote: > Thanks Bob and Tim. I was not aware of this and both of those situations > apply to me. > i.e. There are files which are infrequently accessed and I use 'disk > cleanup' all the time. > You learn something new every day :-) > > "Bob I" <bire...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:uj1GrOitKHA.4220(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > > > Yes if you run disk cleanup (see below) > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Cleanup > > > joe wrote: > > >> Does the OS do this automatically and if so under what circumstances ? > > >> "Tim Slattery" <Slatter...(a)bls.gov> wrote in message > >>news:6eoao5h110aceg6vu58t7iv4uioro6m9m4(a)4ax.com... > > >>>"Twayne" <nob...(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > > >>>>IN XP's case, zip = compressed = zipped ... . > > >>>>A zipped file is compressed, but a compressed file is not necessarily > >>>>zipped > >>>>as there are other methods for compressing file sizes. In the case of > >>>>XP, > >>>>with it compresses, it creates a zipped file. > > >>>I don't think so. A file whose name is shown in blue has been > >>>compressed by the OS. This is *not* zip compression, it's something > >>>that the Windows OS does. It's not as drastic as zip, therefore > >>>doesn't take as long to do or to undo. > > >>>WinXP also has built-in support for zipping and unzipping files but > >>>it's a totally different thing. > > >>>-- > >>>Tim Slattery > >>>Slatter...(a)bls.gov > >>>http://members.cox.net/slatteryt As you accumulate files, you may learn to dislike disk cleanup as it takes longer and longer to complete. I think it is old fashioned and from the days when disk space was really expensive. Here is a popular tweak to speed up disk cleanup: When you run Disk Cleanup, it calculates how much space you could save on your HDD if you choose to compress "old" files. If you have a million files XP thinks might need compressing, it could take a long time to figure that out and your system could appear to stop responding. Sometimes users interpret this as a problem with their system, but Windows is doing what you tell it to do. It also may really be hung for some reason and even Microsoft tells you how to stop this check for file compression in a knowledgebase article (maybe they don't like it either). If you have no interest in compressing old files, you can have Disk Cleanup skip that calculation entirely. You'll be cleaning up your system in no time when that check for files that might need compressing is removed. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248
From: Unknown on 25 Feb 2010 16:35 It is my belief you just proved Twayne wrong------------------again. "Jose" <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:dd9acbe1-a2c3-462e-a214-1caa1561608a(a)d2g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > > I am not taking sides by responding to Unknown - just posting a link > to a perhaps helpful article! > > What is the difference between a compressed file and a zipped file? > > http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/XPcompress/xpcompress.htm
From: Gordon on 25 Feb 2010 17:49
"Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message news:OVZuTgltKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > If you check, you'll find the blue is zipped/compressed files No, not zipped, just compressed. If the file was zipped it would have the "zipped" icon. |