IEProxy setting changes: do changes in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER ??!

[Marlon Brown]

The current regkey I am changing to attemp to tweak the IE proxy setting is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings

The problem is that I have local policies enabled on the local machine to
setup proxy settings and that overwrites my domain policies. I am looking
for workarounds.



However, by going to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings



I see also that is related to IE proxy setting. I input
'test-proxytest:9999' under that HKEY_CURRENT_USER (ProxyServer), but after
launching IE I don't see that information 'test-proxytest:9999'.
What is the role of that HKEY_CURRENT_USER and if I want to tweak the IE
proxy regkey settings, should I do that on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or
HKEY_CURRENT ?

I am aware that the HKEY_CURRENT_USER should be applied per user profile
(instead of machine), but that the fact is that even after changing the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER I don't see changes happening in IE and I am wondering
what's going on ?

 

[DougMarks]

Did you set the checkbox to use the proxy settings? Look
at this:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
"ProxyServer"="ftp=testing.something.com:8888;gopher=testin
g.something.com:8888;http=testing.something.com:8888;https=
testing.something.com:8888"
"ProxyOverride"="127.0.0.1;<local>"

This works!!