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Does anyone know how to change the settings on IE5.5 where I can download more than 2 files at one time. It caps my download at 2 MAX and queues others until one of the 2 is done. Thanks!

I've been wondering this for sometime too. I always just use DAP. (download accelerator plus) I think you can get it at like uhhhh cnet or tweak files.

Frost

http://DownloadAccelerator.com

i knew i'd seen this hack somewhere before..........


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.

wow, i'm impressed. thanks so much gazza!

Cool bit of info. Thanks!

I'm bringing this back to the top because it was an excellent hack to allow multiple downloads. At home, I use a dial up, but at work we have a T1 line and I hated it when I could only download 2 files at once (mp3's.). I applied the changes, and now I was downloading 8 mp3's at once.

Thanks GAZZA for this excellent info. I just don't understand why this is not an option somewhere in IE.

Thank-you GAZZA! I've been wanting to fix this for a while now and it works... woohoo!

hmm well i dug this off a a great site here guys .... tips and tricks for win2k

GAZZA,
That is a nice site indeed, but where did you get that info from that site? I looked all over in their tips, but it's mostly for win2k. I applied the hack to my win95 machine at work with IE5, and it works great.

it works great on me too !! woohoo!!! i like this forum !