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Hi,

How to download more than 2 files simultanously using IE in XP?

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Sir samplaire scopernicus

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: samplaire on 2004-06-04 10:37 ]</font>

Just right-click and "save target as" on both. Works for me...

I know but when I try to dl the 3rd and the next they wait for the first 2 to be downloaded. OK, let them queue but after a period of time the 'queue' becomes impatient and a message appears 'waiting time limit reached' or similar. If I want to dl large files I don't sit by the computer all the time so it can be annoying...

prefs/files/downloadoptions...

che?

IE user preferences , you can choose the maximum # of simultane download actions
(on mac here)




<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: hubird on 2004-06-04 11:02 ]</font>

O so you guys have that too

On pc the default for IE is 5, XP-AntiSpy makes that 10 if you want.

Huub, I know on Mac you can have 8 simultanous and endless queue which doesn't get impatient. Try to do it on IE XP...

So there is no other way?

On 2004-06-04 12:06, at0m|c wrote:
O so you guys have that too

And it's very good

On pc the default for IE is 5

5? I have 2 and trying to change it... Where to find it? I don't mean simultanous streams.

Try to do as follows: go here and rightclick on one link (the larger the better) to dl it, then (before the dl process finishes) rightclick on another and so on. In the 3rd turn you'll have to wait one of the previous 2 to finish. Otherwise the dialog window will be for a period of time (5minutes or so) and then it vanishes with a message - too long waiting... If the file is , say, 20MB then you obviously get the message.

Well, I found a solution but it's rather tricky than an IE feature It reminds me old days of peek and poke in ZXSpectrum/C64 times:

You have to create 2 new values in the following registry key:
The 2 values have to be of type DWORD:
And then you enter a desired amount of d/l connections

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Sir samplaire scopernicus

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: samplaire on 2004-06-18 06:57 ]</font>

Or you could install a 3rd party download accelerator.

I'm not too familiar with win and am rather suspicious about 3rd party 'free' dl accelerators to be spam/spy/ad ware so I try to avoid such instruments. Besides, for my knowledge, it'll be difficult to get rid of any registry entries if I wanted to uninstall such programs. Anyway, thanks for the advice

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: samplaire on 2004-06-17 10:48 ]</font>

Well done and thanks samplaire!

I tried to figure this one out too.

Your info will come in useful

Firefox (Mozilla browser) has an integrated download manager. I think the next version of IE also has the same.

hehe, first time in my PC career

The Mac IE has a very useful dl manager for ages!

Do you ever had, pop up windows?
Do you ever had any funny Java thingies?
Do you ever had the taste when you start the IE and it will connect to a *icrosoft side automatically?

Do you ever asked yourself why those things happen?
Because the whole internet is designed for the use with the IE mostly, so most cracy stuff is happen in the IE only.
Let me recommend you another WebBrowser.
It is free, has a downloadmanager built in and has his own Java routines.
This is the fastest Browser I work with, ever.
For example, when you move the mouse over a download link, click it and choose a folder for the file, the download has started already, clever.

The Opera Internet browser, once you learnt to handle this browser you won´t have another.
http://www.opera.com/


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: ChrisWerner on 2004-06-18 08:00 ]</font>

Thanks Chris!

I once tried Opera on my Mac but it didn't convince me. On a Mac. But I haven't tried it on a PC! Have to do it immidietely

BUT all of the things you described above happened to me (about:blank which is not empty, default site which is not the one I chose ). Lately I was fighting with a shit called search assistant - a %^&*$##@@ which appeared in the taskbar. I deinstalled it and nothing happened (it still existed. More, none of the anti-ad-spyware-tool didn't help. I found a solution on a Polish window users forum: it installed (after deinstalling!!!!!) as "Windows SA" so in add/erase proggrammes in win control panels I had just to uninstall it. It did the job!

Tell me if you like Opera, and ask me when you have any question about it!

I use Avant browser which is basically a shell for IE, but really works great. Tabbed browsing, pop-up blockers, you name it.
http://www.avantbrowser.com

Mozilla Firefox looks pretty cool as well, and of course there's always Netscape.
For downloads I use the Download Accelerator from speedbit.com
Works great and no problems with spyware that I'm aware of.

Hi guys,

Thanks for your suggestions. Now I'm trying both Opera and the AvantBrowser. For now the second looks better - it is accepted by my bank account server as well as it doesn't have any banner (it's free). I also found AB has got a faster tab closing (just doubleclicking on the tab). It is similar in Netscape 7 (which I find rather a slow browser and it doesn't come to my consideration here). Is there a one-click or just very fast tab closing in Opera (I know there is alt+f4) but I look for a mouse solution, something without entering any menu, a button)?