Yes, there are several programs that can allow me to run my windows box like my linux boxes. There is a brand new release of Cygwin as well...
But I hate to use tools that are not part of the base operating system. If I end up doing something that breaks with a future version of the script or OS, then I'm not truly learning how things are supposed to work in that environment. I'm working on a .cmd script to do this now, using 'find /v' and a temporary file to do this... I'll paste it in here when it's in some kind of working shape. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:39:07 -0800 Subject: Re: Further WPAD issue - not DNS... > http://gnuwin32.sf.net - it's got all the tools you might like. > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 14:11, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yes, but I'm not very good at making scripts... At least not on Windows. > > > > Is there an equivalent to 'sed' for Windows? I need to delete that line, > then append the correct setting to the end of the file. > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > Ephrata School District > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] > > To: > > NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: > > Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:01:17 -0800 > > Subject: Re: Further WPAD issue - not > > DNS... > > > > > >> GPO/startup or login script > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Matthew W. Ross > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >> > WPAD does work with firefox... If you select the "Automatically detect > >> > proxy" setting in the proxy configuration. > >> > > >> > To do this, You must edit the %programfiles%\Mozilla > >> > Firefox\greprefs\all.js file, and change the following line: > >> > > >> > pref("network.proxy.type", 0); > >> > > >> > ... to ... > >> > > >> > pref("network.proxy.type", 4); > >> > > >> > I just need a clean and easy way to do this for all computers in our > >> > domain. Can anybody help with that? > >> > > >> > > >> > --Matt Ross > >> > Ephrata School District > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: Kurt Buff > >> > [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >> > [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > Sent: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 > >> > 13:16:17 -0800 > >> > Subject: Further WPAD issue - not DNS... > >> > > >> > > >> > > So, I've got the US office working - now I had to consider our > foreign > >> > > offices. > >> > > > >> > > The AU office has a proxy of its own, but the UK office doesn't have > a > >> > > proxy server. > >> > > > >> > > I can configure DHCP in each office to point IE to another web site, > >> > > each for a wpad.dat of their own, for each office, but that doesn't > >> > > help with FireFox, which is in widespread use. > >> > > > >> > > Anyone run into this? Any ideas on how to solve it? I've been > >> > > googling, and not finding any real answers to this. > >> > > > >> > > Kurt > >> > > > >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > > >> > > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > >> > > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
