Automatically Detect Settings 1

[wuxapian]

Does anyone know which registry key sets the "Automatically Detect Settings" option in the connections->LAN Settings option in the browser configuration program?

TIA
Wux.

 

[PAndersen]

Have you checked
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings ?

 

[mendingo]

No, it's not there. Does anyone actually know where it is?

 

[wuxapian]

I have found the key now, it is in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings.

It's a lump of binary data but I haven't figured out yet how to change specific switches within it.

Wux.

 

[cdogg]

You just have to make 3 changes to the binary code to toggle the setting back and forth.

You would follow this procedure to turn "Automatically Detect Settings" on:

1) In the first row (0000), backspace over the 37 and change it to 36.
2) In the second row (0008), backspace over the 01 and change it to 09.
3) In the ninth row (0040), change the 01 to a 05.


Of course, you could do the opposite to turn it off.




~cdogg

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein

 

[wuxapian]

Thanks for the help.