How can I easily/automatically change proxy settings in IE?

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How can I easily/automatically change proxy settings in IE? Or set up something for the user to click to change it?

Say for the user has an office in Cape Town which has a different proxy than the offices is PTA where he travel to and fro...
 
Eish, what language is that? :p

Sounds like that doesnt help me, because the users dont need it to access different URLs througth different proxys, just that the deault proxy must easily be able to be changed by the users themselves rather than IT, like just click a button to change the proxy thats in IE. Cant one do that with a bat file or something?
 
Say for the user has an office in Cape Town which has a different proxy than the offices is PTA where he travel to and fro...
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From this I deducted, that my suggestion would help. You help a web server which serve the proxy conf file. If there is a central web server, you can select the proxy based on the ip address the pc received, or if separate web servers, it will simply have the proxy for that site. All users will thus have the same proxy setting, and that would be the automatic proxy configuration script url, eg. http://proxyconf.

If this is not what you want, please be more clear. Thanks.
 
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Look for a little app called Netswitcher. It switches EVERYTHING according to location, eg. Proxy, default printer, Wireles AP SSID, etc etc
 
Also, search for proxy.pac ... I used to use that method where depending on the network addresses (if applicable) I would set the proxy server
 
LandyMan said:
Also, search for proxy.pac ... I used to use that method where depending on the network addresses (if applicable) I would set the proxy server
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That is also called Automatic Proxy Configuration as per my first post.
 
supersunbird said:
How can I easily/automatically change proxy settings in IE? Or set up something for the user to click to change it?
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The simplest solution is probably to install IE7Pro. It displays a little icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the IE status bar and by right-clicking it you can select from multiple proxy configuration you have defined.

IE7Pro also provides crash recovery which gives you the option to reopen pages that where opened prior to IE or your computer crashing (or being load-shed).
 
Registry Editing

Okay, I am a rookie in this but I have had an IBM R52 for the last few years, and the software IBM Access Connections that came with it saved me from this headache. Anyway, I just got an hp and am starting to look for an alternative.
The solutions I found here are quite informative (I am researching them now), but can I ask would it be possible to use simple .reg files to do this, like for example one for each location e.g.

Location1.reg (With Proxy)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
"ProxyOverride"="10.*;<local>"
"ProxyServer"="10.1.6.123:8080"

Location2.reg (No Proxy)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000000

You see I am trying to find a simple solution without having to worry about installing third-party software.
 
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