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Proxy server via Group Policy?

I have a Windows 2k server environment with 2 servers and roughly 75 clients running Windows XP. I have a proxy server set up and am using group policy to point IE to the proxy on a few OUs containing users. (I have also tried it on OUs containing computers). It used to work just fine, but now I cannot get the setting to work at all...other settings, such as homepage and wallpaper work on these gpo's, but not the proxy settings. I know the proxy works because if I manually put the settings into an individual computer it works! Any suggestions will be appreciated...

Luke92881

under the OU that has the users you want this to apply to check under
User Configuration
Windows Settings
Internet Explorer maintenance
Connection

You have 2 spots where you can set Proxy settings
Obviously under Proxy settings and also under Connection Settings where you will want it as Do not Customize Settings if you want Proxy settings to take effect.

Also double check that your GPO is not being overridden

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dkuhlman

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"You can deny Domain, Enterprise, Administrators, Administrator permission" this is a good way to lock yourself out of ever getting into this gpo ever again =^O

JasemElayeb

i think the problem can be conflect between user side and computer side policy.
as i recommend is to only make user policy to use proxy, and if you dont want this user to be used in other computer you can assign this user to specific computer and he cant use this account on ther computers.