How To: Increase The Number Of Simultaneous Downloads And HTTP Connections In Internet Explorer 8
You may have noticed that Internet Explorer 8 only allows you to download up to two files at any one time with others waiting to start.By default Internet Explorer 8 limits the number of simultaneous downloads to two downloads, plus one queued download.The two simultaneous connections limit is specified in the HTTP standard.Fortunately, this limit can be changed by modifying the registry which will increase your limit to a maximum of 16 connections.If you have a hi-speed broadband connection and you use tabs in IE8 or you visit sites that use lots of connections this tweak will increase the speed of IE8 a little.Keep in mind that this won’t work on all web sites because the number of connections limit can be controlled by the web server.
- Click the Windows Vista Start button and type Regedit in the search box to run the Registry Editor.
- Navigate to the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
- Create the following two new DWORD (32-bit) Value and named them accordingly:
MaxConnectionsPerServer
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
- Right-click on “MaxConnectionsPerServer” and select modify. Set the value to 10.
- Right-click on “MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server” and select modify. Set the value to 10.
- Exit the registry editor and restart your Windows Vista computer for the changes take effect.
Note:You must be logged in with a user account in Windows Vista that has administrative privileges to edit the registry.
Alternate Method:
Download, extract, and double-click on InternetExplorerConnectionLimit.reg to merge the registry values into the Windows registry and thus you can easily allow Internet Explorer 8 to, up to the maximum of 16 simultaneous connections in Windows Vista.
Increase Internet Explorer Connection Limit(Download)
Warning: Modifying the Windows registry can cause serious damage to your Windows Operating System.It is better to backup your Windows registry data before making any changes. Tomstricks.com is not responsible for any changes you may make to your system.
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Written by Tony on February 24th, 2009 with
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#1. May 10th, 2009, at 2:58 AM.
Hi Tom:
Will this registry tweak work OK in XP Home, SP3 as well?
For some reason, in the last week I’ve found my computer being limited to two simultaneous downloads. Not sure how that changed, but would love to get it back ot whatever I had before which seemed practically unlimited.
Thanks,
kwc