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by bashful

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I have a laptop which I use at home and at work. At work, I have to access the Internet and Email through a proxy server. As part of that, I have to use Winproxy on my laptop.
The problem is that I have to stop Winproxy when I get home, but this involves starting the laptop, stopping Winproxy and then restarting the laptop again. I then have to do the opposite each morning. All of which takes a long time (running XP).
Does anyone know if it is possible to stop and start Winproxy without a computer restart?

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by curacao_dejavu

MS answer is the following: in control panel you can select and unselect the wsp client, which is a better option than to install and uninstall the proxy client everytime.
Selecting and unselecting the wsp client involves a reboot. Some say that instead of a complete reboot you can also hold the shift key while rebooting. By doing so you will only reboot windows, and not going by the complete reboot cycle of detecting bios, etc. I haven't read or heard anything else regarding this subject. Give it a try.
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by jcox303

I had a similar issue with a laptop operating on two different networks. One on a domain with WSP enabled, then at home on a cable modem woth no WSP. A member here recommeded www.netswitcher.com Works like a charm. Setup your different profiles and go.

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