How Can You Speed Up Internet Explorer ?

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Warning
The following article involves editing your system registry. Using the Windows Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems requiring the reinstallation of your operating system and possible loss of data. Use the Registry Editor and the following directions at your own risk.


Whether you can make Internet Explorer a lot faster or not depends mostly on your current Internet connection, but this handy tip is an excellent example of putting the registry to work for you. I am on DSL and was able to see a significent improvement. Before doing anything else, be sure to back up the registry.

What we are going to do is increase the number of streams that your browser can draw from

1.Click Start | Run.

2.Type regedit and click OK.

3.Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then Software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion.

4.Click on Internet Settings to view its contents.

5.Check Regedit's right-hand column for the following two lines (values):
MaxConnectionsPerServer
MaxConnectionsPerl_OServer

6.If these values are present, right-click on the first value (MaxConnectionsPerServer), select Modify from the drop-down menu, click Decimal, and set the Value data field to

7. Repeat this process for the second value (MaxConnectionsPerl_OServer).


8.If these lines (values) are not listed, right-click on the white region of Regedit's right-hand column, click New, and then click DWORD Value.
Enter MaxConnectionsPerServer for the name of the new DWORD Value and press Enter. The new value should now appear in Regedit's right-hand column.
Right-click the new value and click Modify.

As in step six, click Decimal and set the Value Data field to 6, then click OK.
Repeat steps seven through 10 using MaxConnectionsPerl_OServer as the new DWORD Value name instead of MaxConnectionsPerServer.
You are done.

Close Regedit and test Internet Explorer.