HTTP & FTP Download Agent GetIt 1.0 for Windows 9x/NT/2000 Readme file
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Contents:
	
	>Overview
	>Requirements
	>Installation
	>Hints
	>Run the program
	>Contact author
	

Overview
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	GetIt is a free tool for HTTP & FTP download. It has many features, but
	first of all, it is very fast. GetIt is designed to adapt itself to all
	kinds of network connections from DDN to DUN. It will automatically adjust
	the buffer size according to available bandwidth. Expecially in high-speed
	connection, GetIt can to most extent make use of the bandwidth with low
	CPU and system resource usage. Just like its name, you can use GetIt to
	get whatever you want. There may be times when you meet such annoying
	situation, you want to use download agent to get something from a site,
	but what you get is just something like .asp or cgi.exe after dragging
	the hyperlink and dropping it to your download client. Even in worse case,
	the download can only be triggered by clicking the submit button in a form.
	With GetIt, all these above cannot annoy you any more. GetIt can monitor the
	browser and capture the specified download from it for you. (So far, this
	feature only works properly in English version of IE.) So, there are many
	features in GetIt, why not have a try.


Requirements
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	GetIt fully supports Windows 9x/NT/2000. The minimum requirement is that you
	must have IE 4.0 or higher installed. If you use Win98 or Win2000, then you 
	have already meet the requirements. If your OS is Win95 or WinNT, you may need
	to install IE 4.0 or higher. By the way, it is recommended to choose Windows 
	2000 as your operating system if you can afford. Because Windows 2000 has better
	performance in DUN and Internet access.


Installation
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	Like most freewares, the installation of GetIt is quiet easy, just extract the
	file Getit.zip to a temporary folder and run the Setup.exe. Note if you open any
	browser, close it before the installation. Otherwise it may cause installation
	fail.

Hints
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	1. The Automation parameters in Options menu will take effect instantly, you
	do not have to restart anything.

	2. If you would like to download a resource by IE instead of GetIt, there is
	a shortcut for you, hold down the Ctrl key until the IE download dialog appears.
	It will prevent GetIt capturing	the download.

	3. If you access Internet through soem firewall, you may have problems
	to use FTP. It seems the connection of the data channel will always timeout. To
	solve this, you can enable PASV mode in Options menu.

	4. If you need to download files with large volume, you are better off setting
	schedule for it to start at midnight.


Run the program
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	All the commands in GetIt is straightforward. Here just list two things which
	may confuse you.
	 
	1. After starting GetIt, you can find it uses intuitive Explorer-style interface.
	It has a address bar below the toolbar, which stores all the history url. You
	can also add a new download task quickly by inputing the URL in address bar
	and pressing Enter.

	2. Since you may well be unfamilar with the syntax of GetIt import list file, you
	can attempt to export a list file and open it, which is	actually an ini file.
	Its syntax is very straightforward. But there is one thing you should keep in
	mind, the list file provides many parameters, if you are not sure how to use
	them, just leave them empty and let GetIt select the default values. If you use
	the wrong values, it may cause GetIt to work unsteadily.




Contact author
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	You can reach me by the following address: r_lian@yahoo.com.
	Any comments or suggestions are well appreciated.





	Thanks for using GetIt.

	Robin Lian
	4.28 2000