increasing IE simultaneous downloads to more than 2?

[14k]

i remember a long time ago reading about how you could edit your browser, operating system ? to download more than 2 files at the same time from the web?.. before you say use flashget or download accelerator, i have tried. this website will only let me save files to my hard disk by 'right click' and 'save as'. i've got alot of files to get, so how can i do this quicker?

many thanks.

 

[SemperFi]

I remember reading something a while back on tweak xp

 

[Smilin]

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

Locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry values:

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=Dword:0000000a
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=Dword:0000000a

Quit Registry Editor.

The above will set your downloads to 10 (0A in hexidecimal).

 

[Buddha Bart]

If you're feeling brave enough to figure out its syntax and how to create a config file, wget will save you alot

http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/wgetwin.html

 

[mrman3k]

I can download more than 2 files at a time. I have XP Pro.

 

[cleverhandle]

It sounds like you're talking about the limit the server imposes on you, not an OS limit per se. There may be some way to tweak the OS to "fool" the server, but considering that you're using their bandwidth for free, you should respect the limits they set. If you can't deal with clicking new files to download as they complete, consider wget, as Buddha Bart suggested. It will automatically download the next file as each one finishes.

 

[Budman]

Here's a few patches for that here.

http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_patches.shtml

scroll down to Web Patch - faster loading of Web Pages

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: cleverhandle
It sounds like you're talking about the limit the server imposes on you, not an OS limit per se. There may be some way to tweak the OS to "fool" the server, but considering that you're using their bandwidth for free, you should respect the limits they set. If you can't deal with clicking new files to download as they complete, consider wget, as Buddha Bart suggested. It will automatically download the next file as each one finishes.

Or mozilla - the download manager lets you do that.