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Topic: RAR Compressed Archive File Reader? |
J W Alexander
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Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Sep 2011 12:03 pm |
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Anyone have a great free-to-use .rar reader? I have a favorite older photo processing program I need to reinstalled but it arrives via the 'net in that .rar extension.
I wish I had or had kept the original CD of the software---hate the newer versions from the same vendor.
Thanks all!
J W |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 16 Sep 2011 2:11 am
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| If you have an "old" program and you now have a new OS (e.g. Windows 7) it may or may not work with Win 7. If it won't install/run in native Win 7 there are options for compatibility modes that MAY let it run. |
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J W Alexander
From:
Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 Sep 2011 1:13 pm
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I'm running Win XP Pro and the CD-ROM I have actually loaded onto this very computer a few years back-----I know its compatible with that OS. (Just as soon as Win 7 falls out of favor I'll only then upgrade!  Keeping up with the cyber byte wars is NOT my thing!)
As I'm loading the program from CD it will reach 97% of completion then seem to proceed no further---have to pull up the Task Manager and end a few processes in order to resume normal computin'. I notice an applicaion named IKernal.exe seems to be the hanging point---when I stop it everything returns to pre-installation operation.
Could that IKernal.exe appliction be an issue?
Thanks again all-----wish I could find an original program copy of Ulead PhotoImpact ver 7.0! |
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Wiz Feinberg
From:
Mid-Michigan, USA
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J W Alexander
From:
Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 12:19 am
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Guys thanks for all the info-----as always y'all were quite helpful.
Wiz I did visit your linked site and found another page with slightly different info that clicked something in my own memory. I didn't have a firewall when this software was originally installed but do have one now--that might make a difference. Here's another like to the mentioned page: http://www.computing.net/answers/pda/ikernelexe-problem/610.html
I did get the issue resolved by loading and using the newest version I have which isn't as bad as I remembered-----funny how time changes things!
Thanks again-----very very much! |
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