Unzipping a Windows executable archive

[Jerry Feldman]

On Monday 10 April 2006 12:05 pm, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> I downloaded the *.exe and pointed a disassembler at it.  All I can
> say at this point
> is that it appears (based on internal strings) to be a 'packagefortheweb'
> file. Apparently this is a format produced by some tool that used to be
> distributed by the people who do InstallShield.  The web page about it
> has been taken down, but you
> can still find references to it in other places.  Someone with more
> knowledge Windows
> than I would have to tell you if anything else understands that
> format.  It would be nice
> to know as I also have an HP laptop...
The bottom line was that I ran it on a Windows system and simply copied the 
resultant directory to my laptop. I was then able to point ndiswrapper at 
the appropriate driver. 

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9