[WEB4LIB] Script to configure browser for proxy?

[Luis Domingues]

You can link to a registry file. The user should open the file and it's
done. You should notice that this file could be different from Win95, Win98
or WinNT and different IE or Netscape Versions. These are the settings I use
for NT4.0 SP6 and IE5.01:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
"ProxyServer"="your proxy server"
"ProxyOverride"="your intranet servers"

Regards,

Luis Filipe F. F. Domingues                   E-Mail: lfd at libri.ucp.pt
Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II        Home Page:
http://www.libri.ucp.pt/
Universidade Católica Portuguesa              Tel: +351 21 7214019
Palma de Cima                                 Fax: +351 21 7214010
1600 Lisboa
Portugal

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	web4lib at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Alicia Abramson
Sent:	Terça-feira, 4 de Abril de 2000 19:47
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	[WEB4LIB] Script to configure browser for proxy?

Has anyone configured a script to help users configure their Web browsers
for a proxy server?  It would be so much easier if we could automate this
part of the process of using a proxy server since so many users have
difficulty with this--even with detailed instructions.  The most common
error seems to be mis-typing the URL--with the wide range of computer
skills out there, many people don't think to copy and paste the URL from
our instructions page (or can't), and use ';' instead of ':' or just spell
something wrong.

Ideally, someone could "click here" to set up their browser and,
presto-chango, it would be done!

Has anybody figured out an better way than just providing instructions and
a troubleshooting form? FYI, we use an automatic proxy configuration script.


Thanks.

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Alicia Abramson
Director, Library Information Systems
University Library
California State University, Sacramento
abramson at csus.edu
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