Being new to this forum, I'm not sure if this has been covered in the past. I did a search, but could find no reference to it, so I'm making this post hoping that I don't repeat old news.
Simtel is offering a free, non-upgradeable license key for WinRAR 3.51. I got the offer yesterday, and couldn't be happier with it. Until then, I used 7-zip, but as most of us know, you cannot make compressed images from within 7-zip, only unpack them.
Even though this version of WinRAR is a bit old, it still has full functionality and an interface that I'm more comfortable with, when all is said and done.
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Once you install WinRAR 3.51, you'll see that it is regged to PCA Special Offer.
Nice of them, yes??
NOTE: When you click on the download link for the key, you need to RUN the file, NOT save it.