We have a Windows 2012 DC and I am using Group Policy Management to configure Internet settings for IE 7, 8, 9 and 10 users.
The group policy settings for IE 7, 8, 9 work fine. I can configure the Proxy Server settings and the Advanced Settings with no problems. However, I think I have found a bug when trying to configure the Proxy Server settings for IE10. Here is what I do.
1) Go into Group Policy Management
2) Select the Group Policy Object that I want to add the IE10 settings to.
3) Edit the Group Policy Object
4) When Group Policy Management Editor opens, I go to User Configuration / Preferences / Control Panel Settings / Internet Settings. Here I see the "Internet Explorer 7" and the "Internet Explorer 8 and 9" settings that I have already created. I right click in the right hand pane, select "New", then select "Internet Explorer 10".
5) With the "New Internet Explorer 10 Properties" window open, I go to the "Connections" tab, select "LAN Settings".
6) Check to enable the "Use a proxy server...." option
7) Enter the ip address of my proxy server and the port address, in this case I enter "192.168.160.22" and "8080"
8) Press "F5" so the settings get applied to all users as indicated by the solid green line.
9) Check to enable the "Bypass proxy server...." option
10) Click "Ok", then click "Apply", then click "Ok" to save the changes. I now see the Internet Explorer 10 listed along with the IE 7 and IE8and9.
11) Double-click the Internet 10 option to go back into its "Properties".
12) Select the "Connections" tab, then "LAN Settings". I see the proxy ip address and port number that I entered in step 7 above.
13) Now the wonderful part where I think there is a bug. Click "Advanced". This opens the "Proxy Settings" window.
14) Move the window over so you can see the "Local Area Network (LAN) Settings" window.
15) Click the "OK" button in the "Proxy Settings" window and watch the proxy ip and port numbers in the LAN Settings window disappear.
16) So you think to yourself, ok they must still be there. If you click "Cancel" and go back into the "LAN Settings" you will see the proxy server ip address and port number still there.
But if you click "OK", and then "Apply" your screwed. The proxy server ip address and port numbers never reappear when you go back into "LAN Settings". To get the proxy server ip address and port numbers to reappear, you have to recreate the Internet Explorer 10 settings, but going into the "Advanced" settings will burn you every time.
Doing the above when setting the IE 7 and IE 8and9 settings works fine.
See the attached image showing what I see.
Anyone else experience this? Have you found a way around it?
Thank you for your time and help.
Thank you.