Microsoft KB Archive/830849

= The Automatically Detect Settings feature is turned on even with restricted access in Internet Explorer 6 =

Article ID: 830849

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you view the options in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, the Automatically Detect Settings setting may be set even though this feature was turned off earlier.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because you click the Detect Network Settings link on the page that you received for a bad link or a missing server.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

This hotfix prevents the Automatically Detect Settings setting from changing when you click the Detect Network Settings link. This hotfix only works on computers where Group Policy prevents access to the Connections tab or prevents you from configuring this setting. After you apply this hotfix, Internet Explorer looks for the following registry entries:

To hide the Connections tab, set the value of this DWORD to 1.

To disable the Automatically Detect Settings check box, set the value of this DWORD to 1.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version        Size       File name -  25-Mar-2004  22:13  6.0.2800.1413    291,840  Inetcpl.cpl 25-Mar-2004 22:11  6.0.2800.1413  1,340,416  Shdocvw.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbie600sp2fix kbie600presp2fix kbfix kbbug KB830849

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