IEAK Preventing Change Of Proxy For Staff

[6Foot2]

I want to change the proxies used by Staff. Using IEAK was painful for me but having set it about two years ago it has been working well and I left it and forgot it.

 

Now I want to change those settings but I can't find how to do it. I have tried running a report [RSOP] and I can't see where Staff get their proxy settings from. I have also tried merging a registry fragment at logon. The reg frag does get inserted [i paused the CMD file so that I could see the DOS window and look for errors: There were none] However the proxies remain stubbornly unchanged. I can change the proxies by hand but this is the only time when the setting change.

 

Can anyone suggest how to tackle this maddening problem?

 

[i want to leave the settings for Students in place perhaps removing IEAK at a later date]

 

Many thanks.

[cromertech]

I think your problem is IEAK. I think that it applies all it's setting at the start of IE every time or at least on first start in order to prevent any third party customisation from applying. I think you need to find the custom settings file that it applies (Proxy.ins or something) and remove that or generate a whole new IE build/reinstall a standard IE and use group policy to set it up.

[sven]

Never used IEKA, but using Group Policy works very well. If all machines on site will be using the same proxy, just apply the change to the default domain policy.

[round2it]

just to jump on this one

 

ie proxy settings are a user setting

 

if i create a new gpo with different proxy settings and add that to where my staff are kept will the gpo overright the default domain policy?

[6Foot2]

Never used IEKA, but using Group Policy works very well. If all machines on site will be using the same proxy, just apply the change to the default domain policy.

 

I had been using Group Policy until the IE setting were corrupted. I needed to apply a fix in a hurry and found that IEAK did the job. Now I can't find out how to remove it [it has been a while since I applied IEAK and now I have forgotten how I did it/where the settings are. ]

[Trapper]

just to jump on this one

 

ie proxy settings are a user setting

 

if i create a new gpo with different proxy settings and add that to where my staff are kept will the gpo overright the default domain policy?

If you enforce it yes.

[6Foot2]

If you enforce it yes.

 

I am sure that I have enforced this change in the new GPO I have created. However I can't be sure. It is worth a look.

 

As a reminder what I am trying to do is overwrite any changes that IEAK might enforce. If this can be done I can move forward as I want to be able to give both Staff and Student users proxies according to their OU locations.

 

Thank you.