# How to bypass the 2 simultaneous download limit in MSIE?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-bypass-the-2-simultaneous-download-limit-in-msie/211162 "2003-11-03T15:29:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChryslerBldg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@ChryslerBldg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChryslerBldg)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-bypass-the-2-simultaneous-download-limit-in-msie/211162/1 "2003-11-03T15:29:09Z")

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I can only download 2 files simultaneously while using MSIE.

I know there is some type of edit you can male to bypass this.

anyone?

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-bypass-the-2-simultaneous-download-limit-in-msie/211162/2 "2003-11-03T15:40:53Z")

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Here you go:

This is to increase the the number of max downloads to 10.

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

2. Locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

1. On the Edit menu, click Add Value (a dword) , and then add the following registry values:

“MaxConnectionsPer1\_0Server”=Dword:0000000a  
“MaxConnectionsPerServer”=Dword:0000000a

1. Quit Registry Editor.

Pulled from this site here:

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**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-bypass-the-2-simultaneous-download-limit-in-msie/211162/3 "2003-11-03T15:41:58Z")

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Hi **ChryslerBldg**  
Does [this help?](http://www.petri.co.il/change_maximum_download_limit.htm) It also has a reg file at the bottom, if you don’t want to mess with your registry manually.