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Changing Proxy Settings

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by wills.jason

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A while back there was an article published by techrepublic that informed how to stop a user changing the proxy settings by adjusting the registry.
I can't remember which key i had to change in the registry to have this effect.
Can anyone help?

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by tosh74

Get hold of POLEDIT (Policy Editor on the Win98 Resource kit or from microsoft site) and the Zero Admin Kit for Win98. Use the the templates provided with Win98ZAK. Open the registry edit the values as need (ie tick the box for the option you want switched on or off)

Hope this helps

by lizzy

Here are some registry edits including the one that you are looking for:

Disable windows update
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoWindowsUpdate
(DWORD =1)

Force LAN logon Desktop only
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon\MustBeValidated
(DWORD =1)

Disable changing proxy
HKEY_Current_User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\Proxy
(DWORD=1)

Disable changing Homepage
HKEY_Current_User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\HomePage
(DWORD=1)

To re-enable any of the above, change the DWORD value to 0 (zero).

I use these all of the time on Win9x workstations!

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