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Old March 6th, 2005, 08:04 AM
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Question Help a dummie open a file please
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I have an iso file which I can't open, have been told that i need to open it in Nero have no idea how to do this,
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Old March 6th, 2005, 08:19 AM
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What is the iso supposed to be?
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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:03 AM
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Thats what i was hoping you could tell me ? "ISO File", thats the file type,
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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:05 AM
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Well you can do a couple of things with .iso files depending on what they are supposed to be. Where did you get it?
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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:07 AM
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what is the whole file name. ISO is usually a cd image. You can find other definitions here.
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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:20 AM
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jasc.paint.shop.extras.iso, a friend downloaded to me to see if i could open it,
have no idea where she got it from? just like i have no idea what to do with it?
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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:33 AM
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Thanks.

As I mentioned, there are a couple of things you can do with the two different types of ISO files.
1) Legally distibuted free software often comes in ISO CD images. These you burn to CD using Nero or another CD-Authoring software.
2) ILLEGALLY distributed commercial software (otherwise known on the internet as Warez) should be deleted from your hard drive.

What I believe you have there is a warez copy of This commercial software package

Ditch it and keep a clean conscience.
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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:39 AM
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I'll be happy to bin it! wasted enough hours on that thing.

thanks for your help
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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:44 AM
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No problem, I just didn't want to start out by accusing you of being a software pirate when you may have had no idea what you were dealing with.

I believe many acts of software piracy are committed by people (like yourself) who honestly have no idea what they are doing is wrong and hope questions like this go some small way towards educating them.

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Old March 6th, 2005, 09:48 AM
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p.s.

Pay to do a full a/v scan on your system. While most times, the warez files are what they claim to be, they are also often carriers of some nasty stuff.

The position you found yourself is common to many people now that broadband internet is commonplace. If something looks to good to be true, it probably isn't true.
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Old March 6th, 2005, 10:13 AM
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shall do, thanks again
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