How to Change Download Timeouts on Internet Explorer
Receiving a "timeout error" when attempting to download a file from the Internet is a frustrating experience. In most cases, you must start the download over. You can change the amount of time Internet Explorer will continue to attempt a download after a pause in the process. Internet Explorer refers to the inactive download time length as the "HTTP keep-alive value". The default setting is normally one minute, but you can change this setting to allow more time for downloads to continue.
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Instructions
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Open the registry editor. Using Microsoft Windows, click "Start" at the bottom left corner of your screen, then click "Run," type "regedit," and then click "OK."
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Find the Internet Settings registry value. Double click each of these terms in the Edit Registry's left hand window to find the Internet settings: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER," "Software," "Microsoft," "Windows," "CurrentVersion" and "InternetSettings."
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Create a new DWORD registry entry. Using the Edit Registry top menu, click "Edit," then "New," and then click "DWORD Value."
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Edit the DWORD file name and time value. Enter the DWORD file name "KeepAliveTimeout" and click "Enter." Double click the file name to enter the time value in milliseconds. One minute equals 60,000 milliseconds, two minutes equals 120,000 milliseconds and so forth. Click "OK." Click "File" then "Exit" to close the registry editor.
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Restart Internet Explorer to update your changes.
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Tips & Warnings
The download timeout duration may also be affected by the webserver setting. If your download still times out, repeat steps 1 and 2. In step 3, add an additional DWORD entry titled "ServerInfoTimeout" with the same millisecond value as the "KeepAliveTimeout" entry. This will override the default server timeout duration.
More details can be found at the Microsoft Support website below.
Always backup your registry files before making any changes.
