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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: turn IE proxy server on/off
« on: March 06, 2012, 10:35 AM »
It works perfectly, both from home and from the office.  Thanks.

BTW - The reason this is such a big deal for me right now is that there's a bug with our VPN software, under Win7, when connected to the client's network.  The proxy server has to be selected for the software to establish connection back to my company's network, but after the VPN makes a connection, it dies in about a half a minute.  Someone here figured out (how, I have no idea) that if the proxy is selected when you launch the VPN software, but then you deselect it after the connection is established but before it is dropped, then re-select it after a minute or so and the VPN tunnel is stable, it works.  Needless to say, being able to click an icon in the system tray is much less of a hassle.)

Again, thanks.  You are going to be several people's hero.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: turn IE proxy server on/off
« on: March 03, 2012, 02:08 PM »
skwire - PERFECT!!

I can't give it a full test until I go into the office next Tuesday (that's where the proxy server has to be set in order to get past their firewall), but from the testing I can do at home, I don't see any reason why it won't work.  This was exactly what I envisioned.

Thanks a million.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: turn IE proxy server on/off
« on: March 02, 2012, 03:47 PM »
Ath - Thanks for the pointers, but those are WAY more complicated than I'm looking for.  They set things like default printer, etc.  All I want/need to do is to turn the "Use a proxy server" option on or off.  And since that's all I need to do, I'm afraid it would be more of a hassle to use those tools than to simply go to Internet Options like I've been doing.

Carol - Thanks, but the browser is immaterial.  Specifically, if I hit the Internet from home in the evening (which means the proxy setting is deselected) but forget to change it when I get to the client site the next morning, the VPN software I use won't make a connection.  I don't use a browser that much in the office (except to search for things like this).  Besides which, I hate IE.

BTW - I've tried manually changing the registry setting, based on some tips I've found on the internet.  If I could get this working, I could create shortcuts with the commands, or put them in a batch file, or even write a perl wrapper around them.

If I run:
REG QUERY "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" -v ProxyEnable
it does shows me the current state of the option, no matter how often I change it in the Internet Options screen.

If I run:
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /t REG_DWORD /v ProxyEnable /d 0x0 /f
REG QUERY "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" -v ProxyEnable
it *says* it changed it.

But it didn't.  If I go into Internet Options, it still has the old value.

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Finished Programs / DONE: turn IE proxy server on/off
« on: March 02, 2012, 02:25 PM »
When connected to the network at my client site, I have to define a proxy server.  At home, I do not.

To turn the proxy server option on/off, I go to:
     Start / Control Panel / Internet Options / Connections tab / LAN Settings button
Then I select/deselect "Use a proxy server for your LAN".

The proxy server address stays when you deselect it, thank goodness, so I don't have to enter it every time.
Nothing changes between home and client site except for that one selection box.

Could someone help me out with something that would automate this?  Ideally, it would:
  • load itself into the system tray
  • indicate by color or something whether the proxy setting was checked or unchecked
  • change the setting (and icon color) when you click the icon
  • run under Windows 7 (what I use) or Windows XP (what a co-worker uses)

This way, instead of pulling up the IE options screen each and every morning, I could just glance into the system tray, look at the color of the icon, and click it if it isn't set the way I need it that day.

Is this possible?  Anyone willing to help me out?

Thanks,
Bill

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