Internet Explorer 7 GPO proxy settings issue

Hi,

I am having an issue with some Citrix servers after upgrading Internet Explorer 7 as the proxy settings have dropped from the IE settings page hence users cannot browse the internet.

Our GPO "Internet_Explorer_Settings" are configured with the following options:

User Configuration (Enabled) -> Windows Settings -> Internet Explorer Maintenance -> Connection/Proxy Settings
   Enable proxy settings: HTTP = proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
Execptions: Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with *abc.xxx.xxx, *def.xxx.xxx, 192.x.x.x
Do not use proxy server for local (intranet) addresses: Enabled

The policy is definately being applied as per the output from gpresult /v:

    Applied Group Policy Objects
    -----------------------------
        Internet_Explorer_Settings
        Default Domain Policy
        Terminal Server
        Internet_Explorer_Settings
        Default Domain Policy
        Internet_Explorer_Settings

Something I've noticed as strange as under the section Internet Explorer Connection:

        Internet Explorer Connection
        ----------------------------
            HTTP Proxy Server:   N/A
            Secure Proxy Server: N/A
            FTP Proxy Server:    N/A
            Gopher Proxy Server: N/A
            Socks Proxy Server:  N/A
            Auto Config Enable:  No
            Enable Proxy:        No
            Use same Proxy:      Yes

            HTTP Proxy Server:   proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Secure Proxy Server: proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            FTP Proxy Server:    proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Gopher Proxy Server: N/A
            Socks Proxy Server:  proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Auto Config Enable:  No
            Enable Proxy:        Yes
            Use same Proxy:      No

            HTTP Proxy Server:   proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Secure Proxy Server: proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            FTP Proxy Server:    proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Gopher Proxy Server: N/A
            Socks Proxy Server:  proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Auto Config Enable:  No
            Enable Proxy:        Yes
            Use same Proxy:      No

            HTTP Proxy Server:   proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Secure Proxy Server: proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            FTP Proxy Server:    proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Gopher Proxy Server: N/A
            Socks Proxy Server:  proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Auto Config Enable:  No
            Enable Proxy:        Yes
            Use same Proxy:      No

            HTTP Proxy Server:   proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Secure Proxy Server: proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            FTP Proxy Server:    proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Gopher Proxy Server: proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Socks Proxy Server:  proxy.xxx.xxx:8080
            Auto Config Enable:  No
            Enable Proxy:        Yes
            Use same Proxy:      Yes

            HTTP Proxy Server:   N/A
            Secure Proxy Server: N/A
            FTP Proxy Server:    N/A
            Gopher Proxy Server: N/A
            Socks Proxy Server:  N/A
            Auto Config Enable:  No
            Enable Proxy:        No
            Use same Proxy:      Yes

If those are set chronogically I guess that would explain why the settings are set to blank as the last lot are "N/A", what I can't figure out is why it is happening as only the policies that have the Proxy options configured are "Internet_Explorer_Settings" and "Terminal Server" which both have the proxy set correctly to proxy.xxx.xxx:8080

RSOP reports that the proxy should be set to proxy.xxx.xxx:8080 but going to the connection options in IE yields blanks.

Any ideas? This has only happened since installation of IE7

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