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Any free download managers recommendations

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Laz123
Laz123 Posts: 1,742 Forumite
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My ISP offers free downloading between midnight and 8am. Is there a download manager that can cope with hosting sites timers and Captcha automatically?

TIA

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  • Dave_C_2
    Dave_C_2 Posts: 1,827 Forumite
    edited 19 March 2013 at 2:37PM
    I've used Free Download Manager for years, which is great using with the seamless Flashgot add-in for Firefox.

    FDM has a timer function, but I must admit I haven't used it except for a trial in the early days several years ago. Worked as expected.

    The whole point of capcha is deny the use of automated logons etc. You'll be very lucky to get any download manager to do this for you.

    Can you solve the capcha and then schedule FDM to download later?
    FDM allows you to choose start the download automatically, manual or scheduled.

    HTH Dave
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,431 Forumite
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    Dave_C wrote: »
    I've used Free Download Manager for years, which is great using with the seamless Flashgot add-in for Firefox.

    FDM has a timer function, but I must admit I haven't used it except for a trial in the early days several years ago. Worked as expected.

    The whole point of capcha is deny the use of automated logons etc. You'll be very lucky to get any download manager to do this for you.

    Can you solve the capcha and then schedule FDM to download later?
    FDM allows you to choose start the download automatically, manual or scheduled.

    HTH Dave

    I also use FDM, as Dave_C says set it up, then set schedule. It certainly used to work. :)
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    JDownloader works well. Handles some but not all captchas automatically.
  • Laz123
    Laz123 Posts: 1,742 Forumite
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    Thanks, I'll try them.
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