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• Feb 25, 2006

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I've looked for a long time for good download managers for windows. I used to use FRee Download Manager, but it doesn't like 2 gig files on HTTP. It actually refuses them unless it is form FTP, so obviously it has it's limitations.

As for things like Download Accelerator and Getright, I don't like using them because they are limited when free.

Anyone have an ideas? maybe open source ones?

 

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• Feb 26, 2006

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have you tried bitorrent clients? some of them like azureus i think have download manager options. someone here posted about this awhile back.

 

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no i haven't. I know that shareaza has one but it isn't all that good.

 

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if you have firefox/mozilla get a plugin called DownloadthemAll. It is awesome ><

 

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I got something like DownTHEMall but I haven't tried it yet.. and it is at home. Is that what you mean?

 

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i think it is what he means.

 

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try Leechget, it has no ad's and it's pretty good. However it is shareware and only lets you have 1 active download at a time.

 

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Aidenswarrior said:

if you have firefox/mozilla get a plugin called DownloadtheAll. It is awesome ><

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the built in one is good unless you want to pause it and carry on l8er dont think it will do that :S

 

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Doesn't anybody still use Get Right, I love it, and it supports downloading multiple segments of a file from bittorrent, FTP and HTTP all at the same time.

 

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I don't like getright because it is shareware. Last time i checked it was adware actually

 

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asusradeon said:

the built in one is good unless you want to pause it and carry on l8er dont think it will do that :S

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yes it does if you leave it open.

 

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asusradeon said:

the built in one is good unless you want to pause it and carry on l8er dont think it will do that :S

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He wasn't talking about the built in one. What he suggested is a nice pluggin that is actually very good for this sort of thing.

 

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Internet Download Manager, though I think they started charging awhile back. Besides that the plugin for firefox works decently.