Increase "Maximum number of concurrent connections"

[Malatesta]

I'm trying this out now, seems like it works quite well. Play with the different values. I'm using 20 and 15 respectively on my Treo 700wx.

You'll usually need to create these DWORD keys as they are probably not in the registry already (so don't post saying you don' t have these reg entries!)

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From: HTC Wizard Web

One of the most common and effective tweaks for web browsers on the desktop is also possible for IE on WM5. Stored in the registry are two keys which tell Internet Explorer how many connections it should make to a server when downloading a web page. They define the "Maximum number of concurrent connections" and they're just itching for a tune-up.

Details after the jump...

By changing the following key:

HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/MaxRequestThreads = 5

to a value higher than the default (5) will enable greater bandwidth saturation during page download and a noticable improvement in page load time. I took a guess and raised the MaxThreads to 10 and have had no problems (thus far).

[Update] Also, you will want to add the dword value:

HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/MaxConnectionsPerServer

and set it to the same value as you choose for MaxRequestThreads.

But, obviously, nothing is free in life. Here's the hitch: threads use memory. No matter what value you raise the the MaxThreads to, you're going to be using some amount more memory than you were before. It's a tradeoff. So don't go crazy and set that value to 200 and complain when starting IE causes your phone to burst into flames. (I hereby renounce any liability resulting from injuries that may occur to phone or owner during this tweak

It would be useful for someone to quantify the speed and memory usage at various values, so that an optimal value can be found. But I guess that's a personal preference where you want to be in the memory-speed tradeoff.

And on an unrelated note, the following key:

HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/FavoritesEntries

contains all the read-only IE favorites that came with your phone. I was finally able to delete that pesky Cingular bookmark by changing ReadOnly to 0 in the bookmark's subkey.

[fantastic_mr_q]

I've just set this up on my TyTN, Ill let ya know how it pans out. If it works, good find!

[Big D5]

A little tutorial on how to create the DWORD keys using total commander would be helpful. Thanks for any help you can give me.

[fantastic_mr_q]

Sorry I use Resco, Im 3 days into my reg hack and Im finding it works real well on my TyTN. Noticably quicker, in 2g too!

[Wideawake]

Originally Posted by Big D5

A little tutorial on how to create the DWORD keys using total commander would be helpful. Thanks for any help you can give me.

thats a good ? I cant find away myself, but resco u can or u could use phm regedit (free).

@mala Im gonna give this a try and see what she does....just ran across this post lol to much going on around here
~mike

[budney]

Yea, nice little tweak. Pages do load a bit quicker.

[Malatesta]

Yeah I think you need PHM or Resco (I use Resco) to do this. In Resco you just use the "Create new:" and select DWORD. Couldn't be easier.

FYI, the default max connections for the system evidently is 4, so going up to 25 (where I have set now) is a nice increase.

I've read of other people going to 125 (!) with no side-effects (lime depleted memory) OTOH, I'm not sure what it gets you either.

But in combo with the DNS trick, this really makes for some zippy browsing.

[scott_o]

When browsing the registry with Total Commander, you create a new key where ever you are by clicking on the +Add Value+ key that is in every directory.

Just looked this up, so I thought I would share the info.

[Wideawake]

haha I use resco now but thanks for sharing for those that are using TC.
~mike

[xclusiv_1]

anyway we can get a cab file to do this?