Allow more simultaneous downloads?

**softwareguy74** · Nov 30th, 2002, 02:01 PM

I'm running WinXP Home edition and my Internet Explorer will only allow 2 simultaneous downloads at a time. Is there a way to increase this number? I'm mean I'm on a cable connection so I shouldn't have a problem bumping up this restriction.

Any help would be appreciated..

Dan

**siyan** · Nov 30th, 2002, 04:57 PM

2 at a time??

is this for real in XP home?

get xp pro. or 2k.

**abdul** · Nov 30th, 2002, 08:25 PM

Are you sure it's not the actual website's restriction?

**softwareguy74** · Nov 30th, 2002, 09:53 PM

There does seem to be a restriction on a single web site of 2 downloads, but when I was trying to download from multiple web sites, the limit was 2 on my computer, but now I can download a max of 2 per each web site at a time.

**Rick Bull** · Dec 1st, 2002, 07:58 AM

You may be able to change it in the registry. I remember there is a key you can change that allows you to open more connections to a site (by law you are only allowed to use 4 or something), so maybe there is one for this too. Or alternatively use something like GetRight to do all your downloading.

**parksie** · Dec 1st, 2002, 10:07 AM

I don't think there are any laws on maximum number of simultaneous connections to a website

**Rick Bull** · Dec 1st, 2002, 12:49 PM

Well I read that on an MS page, I'm pretty sure of that. I could be wrong, but I'll try to find it.

**parksie** · Dec 1st, 2002, 12:54 PM

Well, I'd certainly be intrigued, if it's for real

**Rick Bull** · Dec 1st, 2002, 12:56 PM

Found it! http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;183110 - OK I was a bit wrong, it's not a law, but the HTTP 1.1 specification

WinInet will limit the number of simultaneous connections that it will make to a single HTTP server. If you exceed this limit the requests will block until one of the current connections has completed. This is by design and is in agreement with the HTTP specification and industry standards.

That page gives you info for changing it to make your Internet faster (possible

).

**parksie** · Dec 1st, 2002, 01:04 PM

Ah. Yes, the HTTP spec limits the number of connections, I knew that. But hey, specs should be like laws...

**Rick Bull** · Dec 2nd, 2002, 06:57 AM

Heh. Well that's sort of true in the case of HTML (in the US anyway), i.e. if you don't make your pages accessible to people with disabilities they can sue you

Think it only applies to businesses and organisations or something.

**parksie** · Dec 2nd, 2002, 07:02 AM

I think they should make it law for all pages to be XHTML with proper stylesheets -- this allows screenreaders to do their job properly as well.

**spider007** · Dec 3rd, 2002, 12:43 PM

download all ur files using some download manager.
that way u can dld them fast and as many as u want

one such dld manager is flashget which u can get at amazesoft.com

**dogfish227** · Dec 4th, 2002, 09:21 PM

another is DAP get it from download.com you'll find it in the top 10 list

**da_silvy** · Dec 8th, 2002, 11:20 AM

Couldn't really be bothered to see if it was answered above

Here's a link:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/536/

**Rick Bull** · Dec 8th, 2002, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by da_silvy
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/536/

I was right, I was right! I knew there was a registry entry for it somewhere. Ahem, sorry I couldn't resist it

**da_silvy** · Dec 8th, 2002, 07:36 PM

Well done

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