I have an interesting issue with a policy that controls our Proxy settings.
We have a proxy server in house and all of our users should be passing through this server.
However here's the interesting part, only our laptops are hitting the proxy server while none of the desktops are. Whats more confusing is that I have a couple VMs on my desktop that I use to test these policies on before sending them out and, in this case, both act as a laptop as they hit the proxy server. All computers are receiving the same settings which are a couple of registry settings to manually use the proxy and if away from work ignore the settings and act normal, in the case of laptops away from the office.
The VMs are Windows 7 Pro with IE8 and Windows 8 Pro with IE11. All desktop PCs use IE10 or IE11. As for users, I have a test user that if I log on locally to my PC (Win8Pro/IE11) I can bypass the proxy and go to a known blacklisted site. If I use this same user on either a laptop or on the VMs, I hit the proxy and get the access denied page from the server when going to the same site.
Registry settings are as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
> ProxyEnable - REG_DWORD - 0
> ProxyOverride - REG_SZ - <local>
> ProxyServer - REG_SZ - :80
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel
> Proxy - REG_DWORD - 1
> AutoConfig - REG_DWORD - 1
Any pointers would be appreciated.