IE6/IE7: How to Download More Than Two Files at Once

Contributed by davak October 18, 2004  
Tagged: Windows

In IE, by default, a user can only download two files at once. Here’s how to increase this.

Because of some silly standards, IE limits the number of files that can be downloaded at once to two. In the world of broadband, this is just not enough. Here’s how to increase it.

This requires editing the registry. Backup your system beforehand.

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Enter regedit into the textbox and click OK
4. In regedit go to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

5. Click the Edit Menu
6. Select New and DWORD value
7. Name your selection MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and hit ENTER
8. Double click MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
9. When the box opens change the value to a.
10. Click the Edit Menu again
11. Select New and DWORD value
12. Name your selection MaxConnectionsPerServerand hit ENTER
8. Double click MaxConnectionsPerServer
9. When the box opens change the value to a.
10. Quit regedit

This changes it to a maximum of 10 (hex a) downloads at once.

Further reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282402