Tips on How to Optimize Internet Explorer

This article will show you how to speed up Internet Explorer by modifying the maximum number of connections per server. This will allocate additional bandwidth and moderately improve your Internet browsing speed. This process involves editing the Windows Registry, so it may be a good idea to back up your registry accordingly.

1. Navigate to START > Run...

2. Enter regedit and press enter to open the Windows Registry Editor.

3. Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings".

4. Look for two values called 'MaxConnectionsPerServer and MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server. If not, then perform the following:

1. Right click on the right panel.
2. Select "New > DWORD Value".
3. Create two DWORD Values named as above.

5. Double click on MaxConnectionsPerServer.

6. Change the value depending on your connection speed. If you use dial-up, set the value to 6. If you use DSL or faster, you may set a value from 10 to 16, as you desire.

7. Do the same as above for MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server.

8. Close the Registry Editor.

9. Restart Internet Explorer.