Enabling more than six parallel downloads(Internet Explorer 8)

         In contrast to the previous versions, the IE8 allows six simultaneous downloads. Sometimes however, this number is also not sufficient.
         Especially when you wish to download several big fi les from slow sources, a bigger number of possible downloads makes sense. Similar to the previous versions, the limit is defined in the registry, however, at a different destination. First, close Internet Explorer. To customize, open the command ‘Run’ in the start menu of Windows, enter ‘regedit’ and click on ‘OK’. Navigate to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\ Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ MAXCONNECTIONSPER1_0SERVER’. In the right side of the window, search for the DWORD-value ‘iexplore.exe’. If it does not exist, create it with the command ‘Edit | New | DWORD value’. Then double-click on the entry to edit it; change its ‘value’ to ‘10’ and leave the ‘Base’ at ‘Hexadecimal’. Confi rm the value with ‘OK’. Navigate further to the adjacent key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\ Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ MAXCONNECTIONSPERSERVER’. Here as well, on the right, search for the DWORDvalue ‘iexplore.exe’ or create it, if it is not available. Then again, double-click to edit and change this value to ‘10’ as well. Close the registry. In some cases, this also accelerates normal surfing speed.