How to Increase the Number of Simultaneous Download Limit in IE7?

Posted on August 5th, 2007 by Jason

By default Internet Explorer 7 is restricted to download only 2 files from a server at the same time. This is not a short coming of the IE but its coded such way to maintain web standards. But it can be easily overridden by a registry tweak.

So, how to tweak IE7 to increase the number of simultaneous download limit?

Step 1: Click Start button and type Regedit

Step 2: Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Internet Settings

Step 3: Create a new DWord with the name MaxConnectionsPerServer (To create a new DWord, right click on the empty space found on the right side box -> Click New -> Click ‘DWORD 32 Bit Value‘)

Step 4: Create another new DWord with the name MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server

Step 5: Double click these new DWords you have created and set the decimal value higher than 2 and lesser than 10 (This number represents the maximum simultaneous download allowed)

Step 6: Restart and you are all set to have more simultaneous download from a server.

Note: This limitation is for all browsers as its a web standard which means Firefox also has the simultaneous download limit per server as 2. Read more about this in How to Increase the Number of Simultaneous Download Limit in Firefox?

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