what does this mean???

why does my computer get it into it's head about every three weeks that, for about a week, it just has to detect the proxy settings randomly yet with a suprising frequency? :bang:

is there any way to make this stop?

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What are you doing when it detects the proxies? And do you get a dialog box or what? Just curious...

I don't know what type of internet connection you have, but it could be that your ISP uses dynamic IP's (the address of your proxy changes every time you connect to the internet) instead of a static IP. And you may just be running into when the modem is resetting itself or the base server of your ISP is resetting itself. Dynamic IPs are used to minimize hacking. But given what happens to you... I doubt this is the case. I would recommend calling your ISP.

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MilkToast, FussyPucker or one of the other Pixies that knows what they are doing will be a lot more help, I’m sure, but “proxy” anything would scare the hell out of me. I don’t want ANYTHING or ANYBODY changing anything I haven’t asked to be changed.

After I determined a date BEFORE this stated to happen, I’d look for a restore point that I MIGHT have to go back to. Then I’d get the dogs and my club.

I’d run a spywear scan, then my antivirus, then do a Disk Cleanup from System Tools under the Accessories menu. I’d see if MS Help had anything information for “proxy” hat may help me locate where the bad guy may be hiding. If I found anything that looked suspicious, particularly in my registry, I’d make note and ask one of our smart guys if it’s right or what I could safely do about it.




Now do what I told you and go ask one of the people that know something.

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we have a comcast high speed cable modem, and it does this when i go to another page/link or open a new explorer window. it tells me so at the bottom of the page, where the computer kinda shows you what is going on....openeing page____...waiting for reply...5 items remaining...
i run anti-spy/ad stuff once a week or so, do the norton thing and i have zone alarm. pf...you're scaring me...there are bad guys in my puter? are they dressed in black ninja robes?

thanks you two

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some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

Sorry dear. Just the word “proxy” means somebody is doing something “for” me. Like “Hi I’m from the IRS and here to help you!”

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It sounds like you have a problem with the proxy settings on your computer, but as long as you still connect with websites ok, I don't think that it's a big problem. Like I said, it's probably just the dynamic IP of Comcast changing. This really isn't a spyware/virus/evil ninjas in robes thing. Nothing that I would worry about. But if it gets worse and you can't connect to pages, or if it bothers you more, I would give Comcast a call.

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Are you in the mood to be subdued

You see these shackles
Baby I’m your slave
I’ll let you whip me if I misbehave

Tie me to the bedpost

I like it rough
cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all

Yupyupyup...I'd say that rat thar is the source of the problem...

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Go into IE, click Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings. What options have you got set?

The "Automatically detect proxy settings" option in IE results in your browser querying a server at your ISP for proxy settings, these are mainly used in larger ISPs who may run lots of different proxy servers with customers (ideally) directed to one that they are closer to and therefore have a faster connection to. It may be that in some cases the way your ISP picks your proxy server is too slow, it's hard to say. You may want to try bypassing the proxy if you can; web proxy servers are mainly useful for people on slow (ie: dialup, or broadband shared by lots of users) connections or situations where downloads from the proxy are free but other web traffic is billed. In many cases these days they're more trouble than they're worth. You might want to try unticking all the tick boxes in the LAN settings dialog. It's possible that your ISP requires you to go through a proxy but I doubt it.

Hope that helped!

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