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- Net Vampire 3.3
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- Advanced download manager
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- Copyright (c) 1999 Afreet Software Inc.
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- Please send your questions and comments to support@netvampire.com
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- Net Vampire Web site: http://www.netvampire.com
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- Installation
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- 1. Download the Net Vampire installation package, nvamp33.exe.
- 2. On Windows NT systems, login with Administrator privileges.
- 3. EXIT ALL RUNNING PROGRAMS.
- 4. Run nvamp33.exe and follow the instructions.
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- Uninstallation
- --------------
- 1. Doubleclick the Add/Remove Programs icon in the
- Windows Control Panel.
-
- 2. Select Net Vampire in the list of installed programs
- and click the Add/Remove button. Follow the
- instructions.
-
- 3. If you deleted Net Vampire files without uninstalling
- the application, use the UNREG.INF file to remove all
- Net Vampire registry settings. You can find this file
- in the distribution package or download it from
- http://www.netvampire.com/ftp/unreg.inf .
- Right-click on the file in the Windows file explorer
- and select Install in the popup menu.
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- Version history
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- V.3.3
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- New features:
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- - Multi-lingual interface;
- - a built-in Zip viewer and extractor;
- - auto-recovery of corrupted files;
- - minor bug fixes.
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- V.3.2
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- New features:
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- - an optional registration for banner-free operation;
- - more flexible scheduling for periodic Jobs;
- - parsing of the meta tag REFRESH in html documents;
- - the History file is automatically archived when it becomes too big;
- - the Histogram now displays data for both current Job and all Jobs;
- - File Categories implemented;
- - the Delete Jobs command now has deletion options;
- - CharSet selection for the Links tab;
- - Restore Source Directory option helps users to reproduce the directory
- structure of the site;
- - new ADVERT.DLL from Aureate Media is now used;
- - web and ftp administrators now can control how NV accesses their site by
- placing the ROBOTS meta tag in the html documents and adding NV commands
- to the ftp greeting message;
- - the main window now opens by doubleclick on the tray icon instead of a
- single click;
- - the ftp STAT command now can be disabled in the site settings for
- compatibility with some servers;
- - when possible, special characters are now preserved in the local file
- names;
- - the Partial directory now can be selected by the user;
- - the No-Cache option is now available for Direct Connection -
- helps to resume downloads from the sites that cache files internally.
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- Bugs fixed:
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- - memory leaks;
- - heavy cpu usage when many Jobs are starting;
- - AV when disk is full;
- - incorrect processing of urls with '@' in the file name;
- - Browse for Directory dialog crash;
- - *.NVC, *.NVL, *.NFO and *.NVP files were not always deleted;
- - default proxy was not always used for new Jobs;
- - the main window was sometimes left beyond the screen;
- - pause between attempts didn't affect other Jobs downloading from the same
- site;
- - both SUCCESS and FAILED conditions were reported in the log under some
- circumstances.
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- V.3.0/3.01
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- New Features
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- Downloading:
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- - from FTP servers;
- - from Web servers;
- - automatic restart;
- - chunked mode support;
- - multipart mode support;
- - cookie support;
- - PASV mode support;
- - various FTP proxy login schemes;
- - CONNECT command for HTTP proxies;
- - SocksV4 proxy support;
- - request redirection support;
- - VSL file processing;
- - FTP directory listing;
- - link extraction from web pages;
- - support for multiple file locations;
- - dial-up management;
- - editable request headers.
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- Search and speed testing:
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- - FTP file search;
- - HTTP file search;
- - true site speed testing and file size detection.
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- Link addition methods:
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- - drag and drop;
- - browser click monitoring;
- - Clipboard monitoring;
- - HTML fragment selection (IE4 only);
- - import of partially received files;
- - automatic FTP directory listing;
- - automatic HTML document parsing;
- - online file search;
- - command line parameters;
- - manually, by typing the URL;
- - programmatically, using Net Vampire API.
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- Scheduling:
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- - individual start time for each Job;
- - global start and stop time;
- - repetitive downloads / file update monitoring;
- - auto open received files;
- - virus checking support;
- - shutdown and power-off when done.
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- Reporting:
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- - HTML-formatted History file;
- - optional info label for each downloaded file;
- - detailed statistics tracking for each FTP and Web site.
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- User Interface:
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- - sounds;
- - WinPopup notifications;
- - User-friendly Job descriptions;
- - customizable animated Drop Basket;
- - the ability to open partially received files in the course
- of downloading.
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