GetRight 4.5c

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• Price: Free to try
• Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Date added: January 23, 2002
• 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 and offering easy error recovery and many other features to give you faster and more flexible downloads. 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 has several features to make downloading faster; it can use FTP searching to find other places where a file may be downloaded then switch between all the download sites transparently to ensure that you use the best one. And GetRight can segment a file and download different pieces of it from different servers at the same time--another way to increase your download speed. Other features include skins, to personalize the look of your downloads; username and password storage; several different ways to let you file your downloads into different folders on your computer; a "speed limit" that defines GetRight's share of your modem's resources; a browser that allows you to browse both FTP sites and Web pages to add batches of files; the ability to download the same file (such as stock reports or news) on a daily basis; and support for multiple ISP phone numbers. GetRight will integrate with Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Opera to automatically take over your downloads, making the whole process easier.

The latest version adds many features including download history, URL verifying, improved mirror searching options, and a wealth of other improvements and bug fixes.

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