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March 26, 2009 by The Pit Crew in The Pit Blog
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March 28th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Xanax lol
March 29th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
All I saw was the little square in the upper left corner – containing a tinier square, circle and triangle. What am I doing wrong?
March 29th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I'm the same – cant see anything… although surely the answer is to google the file extension, it works better than waiting for windows to work out what to do with it.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Informative but to annoying to watch, by the halfway mark you just want to reach down his throat and tear his lungs out.
NOT THAT I'M SUGGESTING ANYONE DO THIS TO THE GUY.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:34 am
What asylum did he come from
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March 30th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Marta i think you need to install the adobe flash player (or alternative if using Linux)
March 30th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Best advice is don't try to open files with unusual extensions unless you are very, very sure of their origin!
Common file formats can be viewed by standard system tools or Real Player (yuk), Winamp, media player etc., and there should be no need to send files with odd exts…
March 30th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Am I the only one who sees the irony in a story that professes to tell people about how to open files in formats they have not reader for – but uses a flash plug-in that some people don't have – so they can't open it… very amusing.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
No BILLG you are not the only one several others mentioned it too. But it was wise of you to point it out! Same with KIMZ. I get files from "friends" all the time, many of them with strange file extensions, the first thing that comes to mind? Is this a friend who is constantly having computer problems? Yep, usually is. DELETE and the next time I see them and they bring up the video, clip, joke, picture whatever I counter with hey how is your computer been working for you? lol
BUT EVEN MORE FUNNY… The amount of people who cannot see this video on how to open files! OMG it is a Flash File if you cannot watch this you do not need to know how to open other mysterious files just yet.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Garrido and folks like him. DO NOT USE GOOGLE you will as likely as not receive spyware, worms. and viruses along with your new extension "opener"… Do you really think there would be a tutorial on "How to Open Files with Unknown Extensions†that begins with search on google? The answer for those of you that cannot play a flash movie is Openwith.org
March 30th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Jeff, at last someone comes up with a reasonable solution. I haven't tried it, but will the next time I get a message with an attachment I couldn't open.
You are right about Google; for one thing, they keep track of all your keying once they have established that initial contact;they sell all your information to third parties so you are going to get spam and more spam and more spam unless your spyware stops them. Don't believe? Just get the book that describes how Google operates; it was an eyeopener for me.
Keep up the good work, Jeff. Thanks.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Yes Agatha, Google can be as much of a problem as a solution! Unfortunately any application that works well seems to eventually sell out. Google, Facebook, and Myspace all started out with good intentions, but the almighty dollar has turned them all into information gathering (and manipulating) machines. For those that go to openwith.org it is not the database that chris is talking about, it is the program on the left hand side of the screen. It is a program, read the Overview and Instructions before downloading and make sure it is something you will find to be useful. I have it and personally have only used it on a few occasions but it is quite handy. (and beats a search for a legit program which is more often than not a trial and error thing..)
Best of luck to you all.
Hey, one more thing..Just my own 2 cents here. Chris is a rather famous guy, you can catch him on CNN Live once in awhile etc. but I have found the things he offers to be very handy and FREE of virus, worm, spam, and other malware problems.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Thanks a lot, you make so simple
March 31st, 2009 at 7:00 am
Wow. This guy is a kind of virtual rodeo ride – how long can you listen to him talk before having to press the STOP button. I managed about 20 seconds.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
He could have given us this information in less than a minute. I wonder if he is related to Jim Cramer, same talking style, very annoying.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Is this an April fool's joke or something?
Why does this Guy shout at his audience and treat them like morons? What Drugs is he on, lol?
I knew of this website anyway, why do I get treated like a brainless fool? Extremely ANNOYING, I'm unsubscribing the company that sent me this link. CRAP!
March 31st, 2009 at 9:37 pm
What a pain a pain in the ass he comes across as in that vid.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:50 am
No one is forced to watch this video, so all you have to do is stop it if you find it uninformative or annoying. I for one had not heard of this program, so I am thankful for sites like this. I trust Chris because I have read articles from him for years and haven't had any problems using his recommendations. I admit I am not a computer expert, so I need the help he gives. Just because you don't need extra help, well, it doesn't give you the right to make annoying remarks about him personally.
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:47 am
DKlinedinst, I agree no-one is forced to watch it, the problem is it IS informative but he spends 3 mins being damn irritating just to get to 30 seconds of informative content. I have seen a few of his vids before and have had some good tips from them but he does himself no favours with the way he carries on in this one.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Lol… love your work mate… so very informative and always helpful…. I think your natural humor is terrific, and could not recommend your helpful suggestions enough…
All the very best with your new position with Pitstop buddy… may the force be with you….
Mark (Australia)
April 9th, 2009 at 7:18 am
VIDEO-HOW TO OPEN FILES WITH UNKNOWN EXTENTIONS:
I have some difficulty to understand what you said due to my poor english:can I have your"lesson"in writing (email-web site)?Thanks
April 9th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Alberto, just go to openwith.org. That's all he spends the three and a half minutes getting to.
April 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am
I/m trying to find a viewer for NSF extensions but can't find it on *OPENWITH.ORG*. Any ideas how I can view such a database or files?
May 5th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Not quite true: I managed to find an extension that there's no program for. (.gig) To be fair, though, that's a pretty obsolete file type and I wasn't expecting to find it anyway. It's still an excellent resource, and I'm glad you told us, Chris.
Oh, and one more thing. Just type it out next time. Please?