IE Download Limit (WXP-Pro)

[Gilmesh]

Howdy all
I found the solution for enabling more than 2 downloads at a time through IE6 and Windows XP. Maybe it's already here and I missed it, but here it is in case you're like me and did miss it.

In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings
(Or HKLC)
On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=Dword:0000000a
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=Dword:0000000a

You can change 0000000a to any other value as long as it's hexadecimal.

Close the registry editor.

This will give you the max of 10 DLs at a time.

Hope it helps!

[dahican]

I would just like to make a comment on this one.

Before you do anything, backup your Registry first. It is a must. The tweak increases Web page loading speed, by doubling the number of possible concurrent open connections. For example, imagine a web page has 20 images and some text - in order for your browser to get all these files, it opens 2 or 4 concurrent connections, depending on the Web server. Increasing the number of open connections allows for faster retrieving of the data. Please note that the patch sets some values outside of the HTML specs.

to do this:
Click Start/Run type regedit then hit enter. This will bring up Registry Editor.
In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:

a.)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings]

look for
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"

if it exist change the value data to "20" and "10" respectively.

if the lines above don't exist, right click on "Internet Settings", click "New", then "DWORD value" then type "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server" (without quotes).
Double click this entry and fill up value data "20" and make sure the base is hexadecimal.

do this for "MaxConnectionsPerServer" only this time value data is "10".


b.) Repeat the steps in a.) for the following key:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Internet Settings]