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

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)

Registry Editor for IE

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?

8 Responses to “How to Increase the Number of Simultaneous Download Limit in IE7?”

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1 kuanhoong
Jul 30th, 2007 at 7:30 am

Hmm, that is why I am not using IE
2 Mr.Byte
Jul 30th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

@kuanhoong, This is not a fault of IE…even Firefox has this restriction…read more about that on How to Increase the Number of Simultaneous Download Limit in Firefox?
3 Madhur Kapoor
Jul 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pm

Thanks for this great tip buddy . I love it .
4 FreelanceVenue
Aug 7th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

Hmmmm… I had no idea that you can change that download limit on IE. I always have to wait before downloading the next one.

I’ll give this tip a try. Thanks!
5 Danny
Sep 3rd, 2007 at 10:46 am

I knew there had to be a way to download more than 2 files at a time. Thanks for the tip. Can I be limited by the server? danny
6 Othello-3D
Apr 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Been looking for this information for both IE and FireFox, since I use both browsers due to certain program requirements.

I am very thankful to have found both of them so that I can accomplish my downloading work faster and move on to more important things and free up computer resources as well get back to work on things quicker.

Thank you very much!,
Othello-3D