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by symesd

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have a win98 user and need to uncheck the Use Proxy Server for him but every time I close his IE and reopen the box is checked again and he can't get online. How do I get it to hold the change?

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by curacao_dejavu

In control panel there is a icon called WSP=winproxy client. Disable it from there and you are set to go.(after the reboot).
If you need to enable it back , just checkmark it again.
You can also uninstall the proxy client, if it is only for internet access, he can put the ip adress of the proxy in his settings and he will have access to the internet.

regards,

Leopold

by zbopz

I had a user with the same problem and we ended up reinstalling IE before it would hold the setting.

Good Luck

by admin-stuart

After you uncheck the "Use a Proxy Server" checkbox in the LAN settings, click the "Advanced" button, and the clear out every field (Proxy address to use, Port, etc.)and checkbox that shows on the page that comes up. Then when you click "OK", a dialog will come up that asks if you want to turn off the proxy server, you should answer "Yes", then the proxy server option should stay "unselected". Good luck.

by mike (from canada)

Look for all the configuration files related to internet explorer. THe extension is usually .INI set them to be NOT read-only (on the attributes page). and add this line to autoexec.bat: Del c:\windows\*.swp so that your temporary storage file will be deleted. also, delete all the files that have the extension .tmp. IE might rely on these for backup settings.

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