In my organization I have many pcs that need to be taken off IE proxy settings. I really don't want to it manually. Is there a Group Policy setting I can use that actually overrides or deletes my proxy settings? I know you can add proxy settings but I didn't think you could delete themvisualbasicfrustrated

Hello, Thanks for posting. Yes there is a way out to override your existing Proxy settings. Please follow the Procedure below.User Settings > Windows Settings > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Connection point it to the correct server and port number as well as bypass proxy server for local addressesUser Settings > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer disable the option to allow the user to edit their proxy server configuration so once it is set there is no way around it.You can Also do run a login script to override the settings.Configuring Clients to Proxy using Group Policy or Login ScriptLogin Script Internet Explorer stores proxy settings in the registry. Using the login script to update client registries makes it easy to update. Even if your users do not normally use Internet Explorer as their usual browser, you will want to configure the proxy settings because many other applications key off proxy settings in Internet Explorer. In the example shown below, you determine the proper proxy IP and Port for users, export the settings to a .REG file, and then use REGEDIT in the login script to push the settings to the PC. Note: If you leave the setting in the login script for several days, most of the PC's should be updated by then, and you can remove or comment out the commands. Please use caution in making changes to the registry. If you are not comfortable with these changes or do not fully understand what these changes will do, please obtain assistance from someone who is comfortable with the Windows registry. Create setproxy.reg (any filename can be used) Open notepad & type in as follows: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 (or the appropriate version of regedit, if different) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "ProxyServer"="<Your Proxy IP Address>:<Proxy Port>" "ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001 Change <your proxy IP address> to the private IP address of your HTTP Proxy, and <Proxy Port> to the port that iPrism is configured to proxy for (3128 by default). Save the file with the name you choose. Copy setproxy.reg to login script folder. Add the following line to the login script. Regedit /s setproxy.reg

Thanks for the help!!!!!!visualbasicfrustrated

I'm sorry I actually needs something that sets the browser without proxy settings. I know theres a way to reset the browser back to its default settings. I need something that takes the browser back to its default settings without any proxy settings. Can I still do this with the solutions you suggested in the post. Thanksvisualbasicfrustrated

Hello, Create setproxy.reg (any filename can be used) Open notepad & paste the Below content Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]"SavedLegacySettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"DefaultConnectionSettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00save it as setproxy.reg Copy setproxy.reg to login script folder. Add the following line to the login script. Regedit /s setproxy.regThanks Syed Khairuddin

Thanks for your help again. I tried the solution you had in your lastreply and I it did write to the registry but it did not uncheck "use a proxy server for your Lan box" to disable the proxy server. I am running Windows XP Pro with service pack 2and IE7.The registry editor version I am running is 5.1. When I say version 5.0 windows writes to the registry, when I say 5.1 it says "cannot import registry file, you can only import a registry file. visualbasicfrustrated

I also checked in the registry after I ran my .reg file saying registry version 5.0 and it had different hex settings under the "SavedLegacySettings" and "DefaultConnectionSettings". It did not match the settings from your earlier reply and when I say version 5.1 I still get that error message.visualbasicfrustrated

Thanks for help!! I was able to figure out what I was doing wrong.visualbasicfrustrated

I am happy that atleast you had an Idea from my previous post and achieved your goal.Thanks Syed Khairuddin

Here is what I used to remove the proxy server. Without[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]the proxy server settings were reset each time I restarted Internet Explorer. This is in a Windows Terminal Server 2003/Citrix enviroment. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000000"ProxyServer"="" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]"DefaultConnectionSettings"=hex:46,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"SavedLegacySettings"=hex:46,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

Hi Syed,Do you have any resources that tell what each byte in the DefaultConnectionSettings and SavedLegacySettings represent?I have a mom management pack that does http requests using a .net component. It seems that the component is pulling the proxy info from the DefaultConnectionSettings registry value every time it does a http request. Is there any key i can create to force it to not use proxies apart from modifying the DefaultConnectionSettings value?Thank you.

I dont really have such but as soon as I get it I shall let you know.Cheers Syed Khairuddin

I don't know about each byte, but the magic byte is the 9th. Value 09 = on 01 = off. I also noticed when I was autodetecting that the url for proxy was also in the HEX, but my goal was to disablethe auto proxy all together so I zeroed out everything else. Zeroing out the rest of that key may have other consequences in your org. You may be able to play around with just editing the 9th bit in whatever value you currently have for the DefaultConnectionSettings value.Sincethe ole UAC ins't a fan of users merging reg files...I created a GPO with a registry key to overwrite the setting to disable the auto proxy check.User Configuration\Preferences\Windows Settings\RegistryCreated an entry with the following:Action:ReplaceHive: HKEY_CURRENT_USERKey Path: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ConnectionsValue Name: DefaultConnectionSettingsValue Type: REG_BINARYValue DATA: 4600000001000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000