Internet Settings GPO for Users not on AD.

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From: Say Ten (SayTen_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:15:02 -0800

Greetings

The reason for me doing all of this is that all the machines are logging
onto the AD Domain "UK", but unfortunately the users are logging onto the NT
Domain "Europe", therefore I can't set up their user policies when they log
onto AD, cos they aren't ever logging onto it. :-(

I've done the following:

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet
Explorer:
Make proxy settings per-machine (rather than per user)
 
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/gp/792.asp

This bit works cos it's the HKLM set, but I want to also Disable changing
proxy settings & Disable changing Automatic Configuration settings under User
Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer

But then I need to also force the Connection Settings to the Auto-Config
script (a .pac file) under User Configuration\Windows Settings\Internet
Explorer Maintenance\Connection so they get redirected to the correct proxies
for various internal and external sites.

Sadly these last two don't appear to take place owing to the user not
logging into the AD, even though I'm hoping that since I'm making the proxy
setting per machine rather than user, it would just force these settings,
whatever user logs in, onto the PC.

I'm starting to run out of ideas on what to do here, cos it doesn't appear
to be happening.
Any ideas on how to get the "User" part of this GPO to kick into the
"Computer" config?

Thanx
S8n

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