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by stergios_nik

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Hello.

I have some old PCs running Windows 95 and Windows 98. They have Internet Explorer 5 installed on them.

We access a protected web site via a PROXY.PAC configuration file. We are authenticated by the protected web site with a username and a password.

The configuration of Internet explorer 5 is as follows:

Tools->Internet Options-> Connections-> LAN Settings

We enable the "Automatic Configuration Script" option and we type the location of the proxy.pac file: "http://www.protectedsite.com/proxy.pac";.

PCs running windows 98 are working without problems. Internet Explorer connected to the remote proxy server and asks for authentication.

But..
PCs running windows 95 are not working. I configured them using the same settings but the authentication dialog box does not appear. I suspect that something (a program?) is missing from Windows 95 and does not allow connections.

Any ideas what is causing the problem?

Thank you in advance.

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by curacao_dejavu

Try www.windowsupdate.com and scan and install possible updates.

Are those systems win95a or win95b ?

did you confirm with the protected website what the minimum requirements are to connect to the website.

for now I guess it's in the tcp/ip stack or winsocj and I think there is a update on that on the first link i gave you.

Leopold

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