GP question

I have laptop and desktop users. I am in the process to implement a security
process where everybody will go through an http scanner to prevent any
spyware or virus attacks. The problem is that I need to setup a group policy
to change the LAN setting in IE to use a proxy server. This is a problem
because some laptop users work from home sometimes and that means they need
to uncheck this option. Not all my users are smart enough to remember to do
that. Is there a GP script or option that will disable that when users are
not connected to the network.

I remember there is a FW option in GP that you can disable when in the
office but will be enabled once you connect to another network. Please
advice.

Thanks,

Howdie!

Dooma wrote:
> I have laptop and desktop users. I am in the process to implement a
> security process where everybody will go through an http scanner to
> prevent any spyware or virus attacks. The problem is that I need to
> setup a group policy to change the LAN setting in IE to use a proxy
> server. This is a problem because some laptop users work from home
> sometimes and that means they need to uncheck this option. Not all my
> users are smart enough to remember to do that. Is there a GP script or
> option that will disable that when users are not connected to the network.

That is a requirement that is pretty common. This is hard (not
impossible) to do with GP and would most of the time involve scripting.

I would suggest you look into WPAD:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc713344.aspx
http://www.censornet.com/pdf/WPAD-Co...tion-Guide.pdf

Cheers,
Florian

Hi Dooma,

i assume not. Maybe you have to combine this with a local logon script on
the laptop wich disables this option via registry if the user works from
home.

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regards from Germany
Schoen, Roland
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[Systemadministrator]



"Dooma" wrote:

> I have laptop and desktop users. I am in the process to implement a security
> process where everybody will go through an http scanner to prevent any
> spyware or virus attacks. The problem is that I need to setup a group policy
> to change the LAN setting in IE to use a proxy server. This is a problem
> because some laptop users work from home sometimes and that means they need
> to uncheck this option. Not all my users are smart enough to remember to do
> that. Is there a GP script or option that will disable that when users are
> not connected to the network.
>
> I remember there is a FW option in GP that you can disable when in the
> office but will be enabled once you connect to another network. Please
> advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> .
>