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In Internet Explorer 5 or 5.5, there is a limit to how many simultaneous downloads you can have per server. For instance, say someone was downloading two files from our site, and tried to download a third one. That third file wouldn't proceed to download until one of the first two completed. This also applies to a page with many images-as each one is a file-only two can download at a time per connection. This problem doesn't hinder analog modem users very much, as two files being downloaded at once is an overload for them, but for broadband users such as those with Cable Modems, or DSL lines this can significantly slow the loading of a page down. To remove this limit, one has to edit the registry.

Open up the registry editor by going to Start>Run, and typing regedit. Browse to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings. Then, on the right pane of the Window in an open area, right click and select New>DWORD Value. Enter the name of "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server". Then, create another DWORD value and enter the name "MaxConnectionsPerServer". Now, right click on MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and select modify. Click the decimal radio button to change the values you see to decimal instead of hexidecimal. Then, enter the value 16. Now, do the same for MaxConnectionsPerServer, except enter the value of 8 for this item. You can raise these or lower them depending on your connection speed. Setting higher values would be ideal for extremely fast connections. On a cable modem with usual speeds of 1.5Mbps, a value of 32 and 16 seems to be the optimal settings.