Providing desktop connectivity to everyone through a UNIX-based proxy server can be as important as giving access to the staging server. As part of deploying Windows 2000 Professional, you can use Internet Explorer 5.0 for Internet browsing access. From an administrative standpoint, perhaps the best feature of Internet Explorer 5.0 is the new "Automatically Detect Proxy Settings" feature. For networks with a single proxy server this feature allows the browser to detect and self-configure the proxy settings.
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Follow these steps to manually configure Internet Explorer to automatically configure proxy settings:
If you wish to automate this process you can use the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK). With the IEAK, you can customize Internet Explorer to meet your specific needs. The IEAK is a powerful tool that allows you to configure and control user settings such as proxy settings, channel settings, home page, custom links and more. For information on obtaining and using the IEAK, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ieak/en/default.asp.
Internet Explorer can be configured to automatically detect proxy settings. Enabling this feature can ease giving users access to the Internet through a UNIX-based proxy server.