Tag: registry_tweak

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

August 05, 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 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 Read More»

Bring Wordpad Up To Speed

June 28, 2007 by Jason

Microsoft generally makes newer programs backward-compatible with their older versions, so they can at least read the old program’s files. But in XP SP2, the file converters for old versions of files aren’t enabled by default. If you don’t have Microsoft installed, is the default application for opening DOC and RTF files—and it can’t handle the old ones. With installed, Microsoft Word takes over, and it will successfully open old DOC and RTF files. But even then, remains the default application for files with the -specific WRI extension. Read More»