Proxy Settings

[nevets2001uk]

Is there any easy way to apply proxy settings to IE for all PCs and laptops connected to our domain but also have it remove the proxy setting for laptops when they shutdown so that when they connect to home broadband they can access the Internet?

Steve G (MCSE / MCSA:Messaging)

 

[GrimR]

I suppose a logoff script [search google for disable proxy] or a little program I install to laptops [qroxy]

on error resume next
Dim WshShell, WshEnv
Const OverwriteExisting = True

'Configures Variables
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
set WshEnv = WshShell.Environment("Process")
SysDrive = WshEnv("%SYSTEMDRIVE%")
SysRoot = WshEnv("SYSTEMROOT")


source = "\\server\share$\qroxy\*.*" 
dest = SysDrive & "\Program Files\qroxy\"

If objFSO.FolderExists(dest) Then
  Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(dest)
Else
  Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(dest)
End If

objFSO.CopyFile  Source  , Dest  , OverwriteExisting = true

WshShell.Regwrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\qroxy", "C:\Program Files\qroxy\qroxy.exe", "REG_SZ"

'Clears cache
set fso = nothing
set WshShell = nothing
set WshEnv = nothing
wscript.quit

 

[ADB100]

You can use WPAD (WEB Proxy Auto Discovery) with either DNS and/or DHCP. This is an ISA server thing, however it will work with other Proxies since it is just a mechanism to get proxy settings pushed to clients. The WPAD.DAT file is just a JScript file.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2004/plan/automaticdiscovery.mspx

HTH

Andy

 

[itsp1965]

Although I have never tried it myself, isn't it possible to setup a WPAD (Windows proxy auto discovery) user class in DHCP which will allow your users to automatically receive this entry. Since laptop users will connect to home networks for instance, the setting should disappear next time they obtain an IP