GetRight
Sign in to saveGetRight 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.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- GetRightLogo.jpg
- Software.screenshot
- GetRight screenshot.png
- Software.caption
- GetRight 6.3e in Windows XP
- Software.author
- Michael Burford
- Software.developer
- Headlight Software
- Software.operating system
- Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
- Software.size
- 4.9 MB
- Software.language
- 10 languages
- Software.genre
- Download manager
- Software.license
- Shareware
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- getright.com
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- software version identifier
- 6.5
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- Download manager
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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. During the 2000s especially it was a well-known download manager.