Re: Detecting Proxy Settings" question

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Thanks. I'll give this a try tomorrow (Monday) and report back.


Ron Yuen <ryuen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gary,

> I received a reply from Kurt in another newsgroup that suggested (in my case
> anyway) that I uncheck the selection "automatically detect settings" in
> IE\Internet options\connections\LAN. I followed that and everything works
> fine now; no more "detecting proxy server" delays anymore. Let me know if
> this works or not and I can perhaps forward you his responses on other
> scenarios.

> -Ron


> In article <OLkV$ob0FHA.2960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Gary Smith
> <bitbucket@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@verizon.net> wrote:
> >> From: "Ron Yuen" <ryuen@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >> | I use a VPN connection to access my company's intranet for work purposes.
> >> | When ever I use Internet Explorer while on my VPN I get a message
> > "detecting
> >> | proxy settings" which causes a delay of up to a minute before navigating to
> >> | the web site. Any subsequent IE activity is fine after the initial delay.
> >> | When I disconnect from the VPN and then access the web again, I have
> > another
> >> | long delay while it detects the proxy settings again. Is there any way to
> >> | avoid this annoying delays? I have IE set to automatically detect proxy
> >> | settings and I am using WIN2K and IE 6.0. I also have a cable router
> > (LinkSys
> >> | BEFSR41) that is connected to my cable modem. Thanks for your help in
> >> | advance!
> >
> >> Talk to your company's MIS/IT group.
> >
> >Does that mean you believe ther may be a fix? I experience the same
> >thing, and it is very annoying. If there's a fix, I'm much more likely to
> >find it here and tell our IT group than the other way around.
> >

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Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio
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