Noone else uses the proxy outside of the office, as he is the only one with a domain connected laptop.
All other users are static. Gavin. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]>wrote: > And other users are able to connect just fine when they are out of the > office? Is he running the local firewall on his system and possibly blocked > your proxy? > > > > *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, July 12, 2010 7:16 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Internet Proxy - Group Policy Question > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > At the moment its one user yes, the problem occurs when he leaves the > Company LAN, so he then looses his Internet regardless of the network he > uses. > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So this just the one user and is it anywhere he uses it where he’s not in > your building, or is it a problem just where he is staying? > > > > *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, July 12, 2010 6:08 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Internet Proxy - Group Policy Question > > > > Good Afternoon all, > > > > I have a quick question regarding Internet Proxys. > > > > I have a site that has a GPO that forces all users to to run through the > Message Labs proxy server. The policy forces it so it cannot be turned off, > and there are one or two exceptions in that policy. > > > > Now this is all well and good right up until the point that one of the > users (a director) takes his laptop out of the building, and then disappears > abroad with it without telling us. The internet then stops working for him, > as Im guessing that its trying to use a proxy server that it can neither > find, nor authenticate to. Due to the policy being forced he, as an end user > cant turn it off, and we have resorted to manually changing the registry to > get it working again. > > > > The GPO mentioned above is of course a USER based policy, so I cant omit > his laptop from it, and although I could omit HIM from it, I dont really > want to, as it means he has free rein on every PC he logs into. > > > > No doubt Im missing something blindingly obvious here, but whats going to > be the best solution? > > -- > Gavin Wilby, > Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Gavin Wilby, > Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby > GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > -- Gavin Wilby, Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
