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Creating commom config for proxy IE 5.5

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by rhiegen

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Hello People,

I have already about 150 workstations running some WinMe and some Win2000 pro. These stations were prepared and installed before me and at a time the number of users were not so much. Here we connect to internet via Proxy server using LAN through our WebServer.
Recently it was decided to add about 900 new users to the PDC. And all of these users has access to those stations and they always use internet IE5.5. HOwever, as we use proxy everytime a user logs on we have to configure the tools, options, connections, proxy config and to add the IP address to the proxy. NOw imagine to do it for 900 users.
Is there a way to let it automatically configured in such a way every user when logged get his internet up and running WITHOUT USING IEAK?

thank you very much

Paulo

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by rcc

Hi
Yes you can if you enable the System Policies. If all your users log into NT domain, than is quite easy, you will have to create a ntconfig.pol using SYstem Policy Editor and the .adm templates. Make sure that Default User will have the Set Proxy Server Values reflecting your preferences, than save it as ntcofig.pol in your NETLOGON SHARE on your domain controllers. YOu may have to run a similar thing on a WinME machine and use the POLEDIT and tempaltes from the Win9x original disk to design Win9x policies and save them into the netlogon shares as config.pol.
When users log in, their IE setting changes automatically every time...
It certainly works for us.
Regards,
Radu

by rcc

Forgot to mention, check FIRST if you already have the policy file in your NETLOGON share....you may only need to change settings in there...

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