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on various sites i have tried to download movies and i cant open them once they r saved. most r windows media player. what am i doing wrong. what is the right way to get the clips to play.

dear thicko, .mpg files may need a specific codec (you should get an error message and a request to download the codec to play the mpg file.)
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Get winzip, double click the file and save the file to disk. It's all automatic and even I can do it.

Not all PCs have winzip included. Mine didn't anyway. If this is the case and you are trying to play a media file which has been zipped up to make it smaller hence easier/quicker to download you need to unzip it at your end. Only then will you be able to play it.

Try www.winzip.com and download their free version. I have used this on many occasions to zip and unzip very successfully.

went on winzip.com and downloaded there free winzip file so now have icon on desktop and in mycomputer. movies still do not open. do i have to save movies and clips when downloaded from net to a special file. thanks for your help ned mr t joe king.

thicko, check out http://www.btinternet.com/~blackops999/zip/

Save the file to wherever you want - for example create the following new directory (see "help" when you press "start")

c:/zipfiles

Then start the winzip program and it will ask you various questions such as which files do you want to unzip - then browse for your "zipfiles" directory and unzip. Easy really.

downloaded movie 2MB using winzip. took 12 minutes. opened using winzip and error cums up saying file name wrong or install driver to support this type of file.
what do I do now
Thanx