I have a Thinkpad running Win2K Pro SP2. During the day I have it at work connected to my corporate LAN that requires a proxy server to get out to the Internet. At home I have a cable modem that I use via Wireless to connect to the Internet.
The problem is, it's a slight pain to have to go into IE (version 6) tools, internet options, connections, LAN settings, and either select or de-select the "Use automatic configuration script" depending on how I am connected.
Is there anything available to help me do this easier? What I would love is a button on IE's toolbar to do a Proxy On/Off.
It is interesting that IE has independent Proxy settings for all the dial-in connections, but my "LAN" connections use only one setting. I have a network connection entry for direct LAN and one for the wireless card; I kind of thought IE would be smarter and allow settings for either. (Ha!)
I have found the following registry keys to update that will turn the proxy on and off, but this isn't the safest thing to do either:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"DefaultConnectionSettings"
"SavedLegacySettings"
Anyone have some ideas? THANKS! JSV
The problem is, it's a slight pain to have to go into IE (version 6) tools, internet options, connections, LAN settings, and either select or de-select the "Use automatic configuration script" depending on how I am connected.
Is there anything available to help me do this easier? What I would love is a button on IE's toolbar to do a Proxy On/Off.
It is interesting that IE has independent Proxy settings for all the dial-in connections, but my "LAN" connections use only one setting. I have a network connection entry for direct LAN and one for the wireless card; I kind of thought IE would be smarter and allow settings for either. (Ha!)
I have found the following registry keys to update that will turn the proxy on and off, but this isn't the safest thing to do either:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"DefaultConnectionSettings"
"SavedLegacySettings"
Anyone have some ideas? THANKS! JSV