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Question

Simultaneous downloads

May 27, 2017 5:06PM PDT

Is there a way to divert system resources to launch 4-5 simultaneous video downloads. Is there some feature of Windows 10 or some app to facilitate this?

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Please clarify.
May 27, 2017 5:29PM PDT

Usually this is not a limit of the OS or browser. IE for example might be limited but I've seen Chrome and Firefox not do this.

So to me, this is not a Windows 10 setting but an app or browser issue.

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Browser Query
May 27, 2017 5:39PM PDT

OK... I have Chrome, Firefox and Edge on this notebook. Are there authoritative links for each on how to get more download per minute for as many as 4-5 video files...

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I'm going with no.
May 27, 2017 6:11PM PDT

Since I see more than 2 today without me doing a thing I worry the problem is at the site you are downloading from. The limit may be the site and not your PC or apps at all.

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PS. The changes for IE 11 are
May 27, 2017 7:13PM PDT
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I Do It Here Frequently On Both IE11 and Firefox
May 28, 2017 8:26AM PDT

I'm using Windows 10 v1703 Pro here.. I download separate offline installers for Windows Updates each month. I use the offline installers for updating on remote computers. I've also downloaded multiple videos from various sites, also downloading at the same time. While doing that in either IE or Firefox, I can easily get 4 to 5 going simultaneously.. Nothing complicated, I just "Save Target As" or "Save link as" to make the downloads occur. Yes, they share the bandwidth that I have available but that just makes sense. You only have so much bandwidth to go around.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Post was last edited on May 28, 2017 8:28 AM PDT