Vista built in File extractor?

T100 · May 17, 2007, 01:14 AM

Does anyone else have the problem in which you experience huge time lines for extracting even the smallest .zip file. I have some zipped word documents and it took 40 minutes to extract.

Judas · May 17, 2007, 01:21 AM

It's horridly bugged... go and download WinRar, and things will be all good. Microsoft is aware of this issue, it appears to be related to specific zip compressions used.

T100 · May 17, 2007, 02:50 AM

Thanks alot, all is good now.

EcPercy · May 21, 2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by T100

Does anyone else have the problem in which you experience huge time lines for extracting even the smallest .zip file. I have some zipped word documents and it took 40 minutes to extract.

I never noticed any problems when I needed to use it. I haven't used it too much though since I loaded up 7zip.

Zelig · May 21, 2007, 03:41 PM

Vista seems to have trouble moving/copying/deleting large amounts of data. I get the same problems using 7-zip. Google "Vista's long goodbye" if you want any other information, there's loads of it.

Judas · May 22, 2007, 05:00 AM

i haven't had a hitch with moving large (200-500gb) at a time, copying or anything like that just yet.

just the ZIP formats, i've tried to unzip a 100kb zip and it took nearly an hour to do it.... while a few other zips seem to take a split second (100mb zip) .. go figure

May 17, 2007, 01:14 AM	#1
T100 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	Vista built in File extractor? Does anyone else have the problem in which you experience huge time lines for extracting even the smallest .zip file. I have some zipped word documents and it took 40 minutes to extract. __________________ My specs:Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 3.44 GHz, 1024 mb, ATI X800XL

May 17, 2007, 02:50 AM	Thread Starter #3
T100 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	Thanks alot, all is good now. __________________ My specs:Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 3.44 GHz, 1024 mb, ATI X800XL

May 21, 2007, 03:41 PM	#5
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Vista seems to have trouble moving/copying/deleting large amounts of data. I get the same problems using 7-zip. Google "Vista's long goodbye" if you want any other information, there's loads of it. __________________ --