GetRight 5.0.2

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• Price: Free to try (Some features disabled); $25.00 to buy (Buy it now)
• Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
• Date added: March 17, 2004
• Total Downloads: 13,002,523
• Downloads last week: 1,671
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Broken connections, unwieldy file sizes, and computer crashes--oh, my! The pitfalls facing downloaders are many and varied, so we welcome a program that solves these problems. GetRight extends the ability of your browser's built-in downloading options, and provides useful features such as download scheduling, file segmenting, and error recovery from broken connections.

Once the easy-to-use application is installed, it springs into action when it detects a download from your browser. Because it minimizes to an icon in your system tray, make sure it's actually running when you begin a download. Resuming an interrupted download is as simple as double-clicking the file from the download history. We noticed no appreciable speed gain with segmented downloading over a broadband connection, but dial-up connections should see an increase.

The latest version offers an integrated BitTorrent client that allows file downloads using both BitTorrent and standard Web-based downloading. There's also a games application built in to the app, an unexpected but not unappreciated add-on. At the time of writing, though, the gaming site could only be accessed from the GetRight home page, and not the built-in link.

There are other download managing apps that have encroached on GetRight's turf, and some of them are free. Still, GetRight gets the green light for all users who regularly download files from the Internet.

Publisher's description

GetRight extends your file-downloading power by resuming broken downloads, accelerating your downloads, and many other features to give you faster and more flexible downloads. It can easily recover from problems such as lost connections, Windows crashing, or anything else. You can use GetRight to schedule your downloads for later: it can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done. GetRight can use FTP searching to find other places where a file may be downloaded then use the best site. GetRight can accelerate a file and download different pieces at the same time to speed up your downloads. Other features include 'skins' to personalize the look of your downloads; user name and password storage (with unique Web site login features); many ways to file your downloads on your hard drive; whole site downloading.

New in version 5.0.2: An option for a smaller drag-and-drop window. A tool to add a sequence of numbered URLs, giving a starting number, ending number, where to save them, etc. Save As window does resizing (if the version of Windows you're using supports it).

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