Setting Dial-up Proxy in IE6

[Flintstone]

I have a strange problem:

I am attempting to set up a dial-up proxy for one of my connections but
it seems to be auto-populating itself.

I go to 'Internet Options'->'Connections'->'{Select a dial-up
connection}'->'Settings' but if I change the address of the Automatic
Configuration Script, click OK and then look at the properties again
the input box is blank.

As far as we know there are no GPOs set to do this.

Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this?

 

[Sandi Hardmeier - MVP]

If you use a backslash (\) instead of a slash (/) in the proxy server's
address, the settings may disappear and Internet Explorer will not find the
proxy server.

If you are using the IP address for your proxy server, make sure you do not
include leading zeros. For example, use 192.168.0.1 instead of
192.168.000.001.

Otherwise, you can try booting into safe mode and making your proxy settings
there.


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[Flintstone]

I suppose I could boot into safe mode but this problem is affecting a
couple of hundred users and I need to find out exactly what is making
the settings remain blank (It is the same whether I type an IP address
or a URL).

Thanks anyway.