Showing posts with label Increase Max Connections per server in Internet Explorer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Increase Max Connections per server in Internet Explorer. Show all posts

Feb 2, 2009

Increase Max Connections in IE

If you are using Internet Explorer as your default browser you should know that whenever IE downloads files from a single server it allows only two files at a time. This limit is not imposed by the software but it is because of the web standard.

This can be changed because its only a software setting and it can be increased to 8-10 connections to make the downloads faster.

Just a registry edit is required for this. Do the following.

--- Go to registry editor by typing regedit by Run box.

--- Now in the left pane locate the entry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

--- Now in the right pane look for the entry MaxConnectionsPerServer. If its not present then create it by right clicking in empty area in right pane and then selecting New--> 32 bit DWORD value and give the name MaxConnectionsPerServer.--- Similarly look for the entry MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server or create it as said above.

--- Now to edit their values double click on them one at a time and select decimal as the Base and add a value of greater thatn 2 like 8. This is shown in the image below.--- Now close the registry. Restart your system. You will experience better speed in Internet Explorer.