Why can I open the crack and/or keygen I just downloaded?
A. First, be sure you have a PC-IBM compatible computer running windows 9x. Second, make sure you have the right decompression utility such as winzip8 (shareware – crack available), winRAR (shareware – crack available), or stuffit expander (freeware). I think many people know this already but I am sure it is going to come up on my email inbox. Most files stored online are compressed, to both save uploading time (when you have to post the file from your computer to a internet server, that can be accessed by others) and downloading time (when you download a file from somewhere). Most files are saved in .zip form, most popular. Some installers are .exe (self extracting), so a decompression utility is not needed. Other files, commonly warez and cracks, are stored in .ace or .rar form. These compression modes are far better than winzip’s. They can pack a whole game into about 20 (usually 2mb each) .ace files, where you download one at a time and activate winRAR or winACE when you have all t