Big_Mark Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 I was wondering if such a program exists that works for XP? Something that monitors every file and maybe shows how long it took to download and where from etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mark Posted February 20, 2002 Author Share Posted February 20, 2002 nothing like this exists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted February 20, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 20, 2002 well, via what method? HTTP, FTP, Windows Shares, Kazaa, etc etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 I don't think there's such a program exist... based on several reasons... 1) No file has a tag that shows where the file is DOWNLOADED from... It may reference the maker, version name and number but NOT where you DOWNLOAD the file from... this would effectively destroy the user that they don't have privacy any more. 2) Like timdorr reference to, from what protocol would a software have access to monitor the full packets? A sniffer and other apps like this do this. But it also put your computer at risk for showing that info to the rest of the net user. 3) You might need a special apps to catalogue something like this. File info tags has Decription tags to tag that kind of info but I don't think it's a good idea. You can manually show/set file property and add the Description to that file... but it would take long to do it to every file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted February 20, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 20, 2002 Actually, I was thinking, and assuming you're talking about normal downloads off the web, you can probably use a download manager like GetRight or Go!Zilla and use their logging features or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Yeah but I assume he was asking about a program to monitor your dl and tag the file as to where it was dl from... so I was generalizing many points to that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mark Posted February 21, 2002 Author Share Posted February 21, 2002 like ftp and http. and I dont't really care where it came from but just a logger or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted February 21, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 21, 2002 Yeah, get something like GetRight and you should be able to log stuff like that (not absolutely sure, but about 80%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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