We ran into a similar situation here, but never really came up with a graceful solution. We had some users with laptops, and we configured them with local accounts rather than domain accounts to get around this.
Ultimately, we moved away from using the proxy setting altogether by changing our network infrastructure. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 7:08 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 NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
