:GetRight

{{Short description|Download manager for Windows}}

{{other uses|Get Right (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox software

| logo = GetRightLogo.jpg

| screenshot = GetRight screenshot.png

| caption = GetRight 6.3e in Windows XP

| author = Michael Burford

| developer = Headlight Software

| released = {{Start date and age|1997|2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.getright.com/getright_history.html |title=A History of GetRight and Michael Burford's Projects |author=Michael Burford |publisher=Headlight Software |access-date=17 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228084241/http://www.getright.com/getright_history.html |archive-date=2009-12-28 |url-status=dead }}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2599581|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2599581|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2599581|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2599581|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language =

| operating system = Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

| size = 4.9 MB

| language = 10 languages

| genre = Download manager

| license = Shareware

| website = {{url|getright.com}}

}}

GetRight is a shareware download manager developed by Michael Burford. Burford's company, Headlight Software, first published the program in 1997. At the time of its release, one of GetRight's defining features was its ability to resume an interrupted download.

Download manager

GetRight is able to pause and resume downloads, download from multiple servers to speed up download time (segmented file transfer), scheduling the starting and stopping of downloads and shutting off the computer or disconnecting the modem when the downloads have finished. It is also able to integrate with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox with the FlashGot extension. It features support for the BitTorrent protocol, Metalink, and podcast support, along with built-in verification MD5 and SHA-1 checksums. In its time it was{{when|reason=In spite of lack of updates, it is still commercially available, and I'm not sure when it stopped being "well known"|date=August 2021}} a well known download manager.

License modes

Version 6 is available in two license modes: Standard and Pro. "Standard" is the continuation of previous versions, while "Pro" contains new features like: upload capability, using scripts for programming its tasks, a simple web server (called "Web Access"), ability to act as a proxy server or work in a Client/Server mode when using two or more computers in a network.{{cn|date=September 2018}}

References

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{{Cite magazine |title=Review: Getright |magazine=Practical PC UK |url=http://www.practicalpc.co.uk/reviews/soft/utilities/getright.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018024049/http://www.practicalpc.co.uk/reviews/soft/utilities/getright.htm |archive-date=2012-10-18 |access-date=2017-10-15}}

Getright PC Mag https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1094896,00.asp {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160704/https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1094896,00.asp |date=2018-09-18 }} PC Mag

"Software review Getright 4" CNET http://reviews.cnet.com/software/getright-4-5d/4505-3513_7-20030298.html?tag=api&subj=re CNet

"Getright Deluxe 3 Review" PC Pro http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/utilities/43332/reget-deluxe-3-3 PCPro{{Dead link|date=September 2018}}

Getright Software Review http://www.digi.no/digi98.nsf/pub/shareware990928 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423022039/http://www.digi.no/digi98.nsf/pub/shareware990928 |date=2008-04-23 }} Norwegian review

[http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/GetRight-Pro-Review-25977.shtml Softpedia Getright Pro Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211185305/http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/GetRight-Pro-Review-25977.shtml |date=2012-12-11 }}

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