Overwriting/deleting IEAK settings

[Cazale]

Just got a Smoothwall installed at a school, but have an issue swapping over to proxy through it on a few computers in one room as they were installed with the proxy setting set in IEAK (long story!).

 

Anyone know any way to overwrite the setting, or to delete it? The rest of the school pick it up through a script, which these computers should pick up if I can get rid of the IEAK settings.

[mrwoberts]

Are they joined to a domain?

If they are, I'm thinking that a Group Policy would fix that for you.

How do the others apply the script? What does the script do - set the Current User/Local Machine proxy via the registry?

[mikkydoos]

You could try...

 

netsh winhttp reset proxy

 

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc731131(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_3

 

That should null all proxy settings. Whether it'll overwrite IE's proxy or from from IEAK i'm not sure... I have done this in the past but can't rightly remember.

 

A GPO should do it for you though also though.

 

Or bung Firefox or Chrome on them anyway.

Edited January 12, 2017 by mikkydoos

[Cazale]

Are they joined to a domain?

If they are, I'm thinking that a Group Policy would fix that for you.

How do the others apply the script? What does the script do - set the Current User/Local Machine proxy via the registry?

 

They are on a domain, but the IEAK settings seam to overwrite group policy.

 

Yes, the script sets up proxy via registry (so my guess would be the IEAK settings are being applied on each login after group policy, or perhaps that registry setting is just ignored if you've built from IEAK?).

[mikkydoos]

What about building a new IEAK deployment without any settings or reinstalling IE on those machines ?

[mrwoberts]

Just came across this article

 

To remove the IEAK branding, do this...

The easies way to remove the Internet Explorer branding is to:

 

1. Press the Start button.

 

2. Press Run.

 

3. Type rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear

 

4. Press OK.

 

5. Restart Internet Explorer

[Cazale]

Thanks for that. I'll give it a go next time I'm at that school.

[Cazale]

Just came across this article

 

To remove the IEAK branding, do this...

The easies way to remove the Internet Explorer branding is to:

 

1. Press the Start button.

 

2. Press Run.

 

3. Type rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear

 

4. Press OK.

 

5. Restart Internet Explorer

I forgot all about this thread. I just tested this (on one PC) and it seems to have worked after a reboot (restarting I.E., as indicated in the article, didn't pick up the changes).

 

Do you know if that command will work if added to a login script?

[mrwoberts]

I presume it will, since this is a one-off and workstation based, rather than user based. In which case, the workstation would need a reboot before it fully takes effect.

[DigiBen]

I had the same problem, and I found the best solution here (http://bobbitco.com/2015/10/14/how-to-remove-old-folder-redirection-and-internet-explorer-maintenance-policies-from-gpos/)

 

Basically just take out the reference to IEAK in the policy, in AD - It really works!

 

 

 

1. Firstly you need to find the GUID of the GPO. From Group Policy Management find the GPO in question, select it and click on the Details tab. Make a note of the Unique ID.
   
2. From AD Users and Computers make sure Advanced Features is turned on (View /Advanced Features).
   
3. Browse the tree to System > Policies > GPO GUID (the Unique ID).
   
4. Right click the GUID and select Properties.
   
5. In the dialog box click the Attribute Editor tab.
   
6. Scroll down and double click gPCUserExtensionNames attribute.
   
7. A dialog box with a long text string appears.
   

N.B. This lists all the Extensions associated with the user GPO. It’s difficult to edit in the small text box so I like to cut and paste the entire text into notepad, save a copy as a roll back then edit the text and paste it back, ensuring the existing text is completely replaced. Each extension is enclosed in [] square brackets.

 

1. To remove Internet Explorer Maintenance Policies delete ONLY the following from gPCUserExtensionNames: [{A2E30F80-D7DE-11D2-BBDE-00C04F86AE3B}{FC715823-C5FB-11D1-9EEF-00A0C90347FF}]
   
2. Ensure that all other entries in gPCUserExtensionNames remain intact in their [] brackets or you will break the GPO.
   
3. Click OK and check it has worked by refreshing the GPO settings report in the GP Management console.