How To Increase the Number of Concurrent Internet Explorer Downloads
I have had my first paying publication (it's always nice to actually get paid for stuff, and to be honest, I didn't even realize I was going to be paid for this submission until well after I submitted it...I didn't do it for the money). It's a short blurb in the June issue of “Windows and .Net Magazine” in the Reader to Reader department in both the online version of the magazine, as well as in the printed edition. I don't remember how I came across the solution (it was many many years ago), but it has definitely come in handy. I also do not know why IE limits the number of concurrent downloads to 2 (I think it was legal reasons, something to do with the FCC), but the registry hack mentioned in the blurb takes care of that. Oh, and yes...I am an IE user (I know, I know...security holes, rendering problems, CSS issues...old habits die hard). I do occasionally fire up Mozilla; however I am by no means a Mozilla expert. That being said, I would like to know what other people's experiences with other web browsers are concerning the number of concurrent downloads: Do other browsers (Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, Safari, etc) have this limitation built in? I am venturing a guess that the next version of IE will not have this limitation due to the fact that it will have a built in download manager (finally), however Microsoft has stated that future versions of IE will not be available as a seperate download (boo Microsoft)...you will have to purchase the entire OS. I will attempt to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt and hope their reasons for doing so are technically based, not business related. If anyone has any information to back up either, I would love to see it. In the meantime, happy downloading!
Posted
Jun 03 2004, 04:05 PM
by
Jayson Knight