Talk:WinRAR

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[edit] WinRAR Jr. Foood.net image removal

Image with subtext "WinRAR Jr. theme © by FOOOD's Icons, www.foood.net" is a commercial. Completely irrelevant. I'm removing it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.100.44.98 (talk • contribs) 21:28, February 27, 2006 (UTC)

Image was put back into article, removing it for a second time. It adds nothing to the article -plenk —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Plenk (talk • contribs) 10:29, April 6, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OS mistake

The WINRAR's OS is Windows systems, the RAR's OS can be cross-platform. That's why i moddified the OS type —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jolly man (talk • contribs) 11:17, June 3, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 40 Day Trial

Why does WinRAR still allow the user to continue using the software after the 40 day restriction period..? this is rather baffling. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.160.157.30 (talk • contribs) 12:48, August 9, 2006 (UTC)

Most sharewares do. It often restricts you in certain areas of the product and every time you open it a window which wants you to purchase the full product pops up. 85.230.35.92 20:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't think it's restricted at all though. I've always been able to use all features of it, once you close the little nag window once. 76.102.188.61 00:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Not true. You can use most of the important features, but you can't use Autenticity verification feature with the trial version. And there might be other features too. -Paul- 09:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re-describing of section 1

This will sound picky, but I don't understand the intent of the heading - "No other Windows RAR encode / decode programs". The text proceeding soes state clearly that the "Win" versions are meant only for Windows, i.e. you can't (ideally) run WinRAR on Linux. Can I request a re-write of the heading? MonstaPro 12:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] easter eggs

yesterday i added an easter eggs section but i was too sleepy to write it here :P

[edit] Vista?

Can it be safely used under Windows Vista? It seem like it tend to crash Windows shell. --FinnWiki 22:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] shareware?

surely nagware--Mongreilf 22:04, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Definitely. 88.105.31.168 19:56, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Methods of encryption

I acknowledged that WinRAR supports archival encryption with AES128 algorithm, but to what extent? Is it completely encrypted? How effective is this encryption being applied to the WinRAR archives? Is AES128 been correctly implemented as it should?

What is the cryptographic hash function to derive the encryption key from the user password? And is the hash secure or correctly implemented?

88.105.80.248 13:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)