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		<description><![CDATA[Free Download Manager is one of the top download managers for Windows. That&#8217;s my verdict after using it for a while on my new computer. I came across that download manager before on various websites who always praised the software but I never tested it over a longer period of time; Until now.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/features.htm">Free Download Manager</a> is one of the top download managers for Windows. That&#8217;s my verdict after using it for a while on my new computer. I came across that download manager before on various websites who always praised the software but I never tested it over a longer period of time; Until now.</p>
<p>It comes in two versions. A light version which uses less resources but lacks support for Bittorrent, video conversions and uploads and a full version which has those features integrated. They can be separately added if needed which is actually a very nice and user friendly way.</p>
<p>The download manager obviously supports all the features that are required of a download manager. It can download files in parts to speed up transfers, queue up files, resume unfinished downloads, supports password protected downloads, comes with a scheduler and traffic adjustments.</p>
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<p>It makes use of a small download area that is floating on the screen which will initiate the download of files that are dragged and dropped on it.</p>
<p>It offers some features that are pretty unique though. It can download selected files from zip archives which comes in handy if you only need one file out of a zip archive. Downloading websites is supported as well as downloading flash videos from several popular video portals.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a great download manager and definitely worth a try. It stands it grounds against my favorite download manager <a href="http://www.orbitdownloader.com/">Orbit Downloader</a>. Orbit Downloader has several additional features for downloading files that cannot normally be downloaded including the extremely handy Grab++ for downloading media streams. In the end, both are great download managers and it&#8217;s more a question who was downloaded and installed first than which is the better software program.</p>

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