Re: group policy proxy settings

From: Ulf B. Simon-Weidner [MVP] (nospam2-ulf_at_usw-consulting.com)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:00:42 +0000

"sabine" <sabine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:sabine@discussions.microsoft.com:
> i've created a group policy : internet explorer- enable proxy settings
> (name
> of our proxy server and port number included).
> First time a user logs in, the policy is working fine : proxy settings are
> filled in.
> If the user change these settings (disables, or make any changes in the
> 'lan
> settings' of the internet explorer, the group policy doesn't overwrite
> these
> local changes of the user the next time that he logs in.
> If i make some changes to the group policy in Active directory, the next
> time the user logs in, the policy will be applied 1 time correctly, but
> the
> next time he will make some changes, the group policy don't do what it
> supposed to do.
> Can anyone help me ?

Hello Sabine,

That behavior is intended, by default Group Policies are only applied
if you change them since MS assumes that you do not give the user the
permission to change the settings, and it makes the logon process
faster if you do not have to reapply GPOs.

If you want to change that behavior to apply at every logon you can
configure the following GPO-Setting:

Computer Settings/Administrative Templates/System/Group Policy/Internet
Explorer Maintenance Policy Processing

There you are able to configure if the GPOs are applied via slow link,
if they are applied even if they haven't changed, and if they are
reapplied during background refreshes. 

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