Nov 9, 2008

Internet Explorer - Increase the number of concurrent downloads.

By default Internet Explorer limits the number of concurrent downloads to two. This limitation make sense with a modem connection but not so much if you have a broadband connection. If you want to increase the number of concurrent downloads this can easily be achieved through a Registry hack.


Start the Registry Editor (go to Start, Run and type Regedt32). Find the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings. Create a new REG_DWORD value of MaxConnectionsPerServer then create yet another REG_DWORD value of MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server. Set both values to the number of concurrent downloads you want to be able to do. A number higher than 8 is not recommended. Restart your system for this change to take effect.

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