Help: How to enable proxy server address in IE's LAN Settings

[Guy Hall]

Our company policies disable the ability to change IE's proxy settings :¬(

I need to perform some tests using a different proxy server but can't as
these are disabled (greyed out).

Where in the registry are the settings to allow the proxy server and port to
be changed, i.e. I need to enable these fields for editing???

I've already re-enabled the "Connections" and "Security" tabs found under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings respectively but can't seem to be able to enable the proxy server
and port fields.

TIA,
SpLiT

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Our company policies disable the ability to change IE's proxy settings :¬(

I need to perform some tests using a different proxy server but can't as
these are disabled (greyed out).

Where in the registry are the settings to allow the proxy server and port to
be changed, i.e. I need to enable these fields for editing???

I've already re-enabled the "Connections" and "Security" tabs found under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings respectively but can't seem to be able to enable the proxy server
and port fields.

TIA,
SpLiT

See tip 6847 » How do I configure the client proxy server settings using the registry?
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

You may have to logoff and logon for the setting to become effective.

I would use REG.EXE, built into Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and later operating systems, or installed from the Windows 2000 Support Tools:

REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /V ProxyServer /T REG_SZ /F /D "http://ProxyServerName:80"
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /V MigrateProxy /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1
etc...





Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

 

[linux par]

Configuring Internet Explorer to use proxy server has never been easier:

If you want to configure it from command line, look at:
http://ieproxycfg.50webs.com/index.html
and if you are looking for UI approch, look at:
http://ieproxycfg.50webs.com/proxychain.html

C'ya

lin