My experience is that if you open it once and never ever touch it again it may work. There were not too many other options early in the W2K era but there are way too many other options now to even consider using it. A few quotes I've gathered over the years from Darren Mar-Elia who is a Group Policy MVP and makes a living selling GPO management software:
"IE Maintenance, is, to put it bluntly, a pile of crap code. So, you often have to torture it to get it to do what you want." "I would suggest sticking with Admin Templates, because the IE maintenance CSE is, if you'll excuse the expression, a buggy piece of cow dung." "Sigh. I truly wish MS would either fix IE maintenance policy or just kill it because it's just the buggiest piece of <insert expletive here> around." "It is a mess, frankly. IE Maintenance policy is one of the buggier pieces of policy I've seen, which doesn't help the situation. XP, SP2 then introduced all these additional admin. Template policy settings for IE and so you have to pick through which you can set in which area. My advice is to start with the Admin. Template settings--and try and do everything there. Ignore IE Maintenance unless you absolutely positively have to set it there." From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Proxy server and ISA I didn't specifically implement them, since these are desktop user settings, but I know they are enforced in our environment and that they do work. So I can't speak for any challenges that group may have had implementing them. YMMV Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com<mailto:> [cid:image001.jpg@01CD0068.4738DC80] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com<http://www.guardianlife.com/> From: Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com<mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com>> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Date: 03/12/2012 03:40 PM Subject: RE: Proxy server and ISA ________________________________ IE Maintenance policies just do not work. Never have and probably never will. That may a specific set of issues in the TS/RDS/Citrix/VDI world but I stay away from IE Maintenance policies like I stay away from Carolina "BBQ Sauce". Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> ________________________________ From: Christopher Bodnar [christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Proxy server and ISA If you know the GPO is here: Group Policy -> User Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Internet Explorer Maintenance -> Connection -> Proxy Settings Why do you need the registry value? Which I believe is here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings From: Gavin Wilby <gavin.wi...@gmail.com<mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com>> Subject: Proxy server and ISA ________________________________ Hi, I have implemented an install of GFI Web Monitor on a server that runs ISA2004. Due to the fact that the ISA has to be set to require auth, for the users to get logged, I need to set IE for all users to Bypass Proxy Connections for Loacl Addresses under the Connections for the LAN. I can see how to policy this out and I cant find the right key to fix the registry. Help please? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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