proxy pac file in windows 7/ie10 - proxy

I have set the proxy file as shown below:
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
return "PROXY 10.10.10.10:8080";
}
Nothing exists at 10.10.10.10. In IE10/Windows 7 x64, I have disabled "Automatically Detect Settings" and "use Proxy Server for your LAN" under Lan Settings in IE.
The browser is just disregarding the PAC file and going to the websites direct, as they are being loaded in the browser.
Things I have tried with unsuccessful results:
1. Checked Proxy file path by directly putting it in browser URL field. It is downloadable through browser.
2. Double slash in the file path for pac file
3. Moving the pac file in different locations
4. Google Chorme with double slashes
Anything I am missing here?
Thanks,
John

Please refer this page
http://kb.k12usa.com/Knowledgebase/Proxy-Auto-Detect-WPAD-Issues-With-IE-Windows-7
Windows 7 added a feature when using Proxy Auto Detect (WPAD) with Internet Explorer, where if the computer fails to detect the proxy settings once, it will not try again. This is a problem if you then later configure your network to support Proxy Auto Detect. This article explains how to disable this new feature, and allow WPAD to work correctly.
To prevent Windows from tracking which network support WPAD, you need to make a simple registry change:
Click the Start button, and in the search field, type in "regedit", then select "regedit.exe" from the list of results
Navigate through the tree to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad"
Once you have the "Wpad" folder selected, right click in the right pane, and click on "New -> DWORD (32-Bit Value)"
Name this new value "WpadOverride"
Double click the new "WpadOverride" value to edit it
In the "Value data" field, replace the "0" with a "1", then click "OK"
Reboot the computer

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How do I change what a registry does in Windows (10)?

I have been trying to take a new tab in edge open right to google. I have tried adding a string value called NewTabPageURL and setting the value to www.google.com in numerous locations, but this hasn't worked. In MicrosoftEdge\ServiceUI, I can see the registry that controls what a new tab will be (their 3 options, blank page, feed, feed and your top websites it is called NewTabPageDisplayOption). I have the value set to 1 which will open a new page with top websites. Can I change what the value 1 does to open to google, or add a new value after 2 that can do this?
I suggest you to do not modify the registry settings. If you modify the registry settings incorrectly than it can lead MS Edge to get crashed or not work properly.
It is best practice to apply the settings via group policy. group policy will create/ modify registry keys properly.
If we talk about your requirement than it looks like you want to open Google.com in new tab.
You can refer steps below to achieve your requirement via group policy.
(1) Open Run Window in your Win 10 OS.
(2) Type GPEDIT.MSE in it and press Enter key.
(3) Navigate to location below.
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Edge
(4) Find a policy setting called Set New Tab Page URL and double click on it.
(5) Click on Enabled radio button.
(6) Set a new URL for New Tab page like below.
(7) Click on Apply button and close the Window.
Note that this policy is depended upon other policy called Allow Web Content on New Page.
So you also need to find this policy from the similar location and Enabled it. Otherwise your above policy setting will get ignored.
For more information, You can refer the link below.
New Tab page
You also need to check that above settings are not controlled by your administrator/ organization. Due to that reason, This policy settings also get ignored.

How to disable "file risk warning prompt" in windows 7?

I'm trying to edit a document from an alfresco repository using MS word via the AOS module. Unfortunately I get a warning prompt about this all the time.
The message in the prompt reads to this effect:
Some files can harm the computer. If the file information below looks
suspicious or if you do not fully trust the source, then do not open
the file.
I have so far used inetcpl to configure the trusted sites for the intranet zones and added the domains to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains
following the instructions from this site and some others (which all practically allude to the same thing) but so far I have had zero success in disabling the thing.
OS: windows 7
EDCM: Alfresco 5.2 with AOS
Browser: Internet Explorer 11
Your error message is not in English language, So it is difficult for us to understand which actual error you are getting.
If you are trying to open file via IE and getting security warning for opening a file then you can refer steps below to stop it.
(1) Open Internet Explorer.
(2) Go to Tools.
(3) Click on Internet Options.
(4) Select Security tab.
(5) Click button named as 'Custom level'.
(6) Find an option called 'Launching applications and unsafe files(not secure)'.
(7) Enable it.
(8) Restart the Internet Explorer.
Note: It is not recommended to enable this option for a security reason. You can try to make a test with it to check whether it can solve your issue or not.

Disable Firefox auto update requests

Hope I'm writing that in the relevant platform..
I'm working on a script that analyzing requests while browsing sites with Firefox.
I always see requests to aus4.mozilla.org, even after I changed the "Auto-Update" option in the browser to 'Disable' mode.
Does anybody faced with this problem before? How can I turn it off?
Here is how you can turn off Auto Updates on Firefox from Windows:
Run Regedit in windows (Must have admin right)
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies
If the 2 folders Mozilla and Firefox don't exist under 'Policies'. Create them as per the following:
-Right click on "Policies" folder, Select New > Key then enter "Mozilla"
-Right click on "Mozilla" folder, Select New > Key then enter "Firefox"
-Right click on "Firefox" folder, Select New > DWORD (32 bit) value then enter "DisableAppUpdate"
-Double-click on "DisableAppUpdate" to modify Value data to 1 (hexadecimal). This will stop mozilla from downloading and updating Firefox;
It will show "Updates disabled by your system administrator"
To allow Firefox to update again; Modify the Value Data to 0 .
Weird, the option should work.
Double check that the app.update.auto and app.update.enabled configuration options are set to false (you can do that from about:config).
I would suggest using a better method to automate Firefox, for example Selenium. There are bindings for many programming languages, e.g. for Node.js.
Nowadays (65.0.2) disabling updates is relatively complicated. Here's the Windows solution:
In the firefox.exe directory, create one named distribution.
Inside distribution, place a filed named policies.json containing the following:
{
"policies": {
"DisableAppUpdate": true
}
}
Sources:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1232918
https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md

User mycomputer\myloginName does not have required permissions

I am trying to access the report manager url for SSRS. But, I keep on getting the error below -
User mycomputer\myloginName does not have required permissions. Verify that sufficient permissions have been granted and Windows User Account Control (UAC) restrictions have been addressed.
I tried to run my browser as admin as described here - User '' does not have required permissions, SSRS 2008 on Windows 8
with no success. I also don't see the 'site settings' on top-right corner as mentioned by so many people. Also, I cannot go through the pain of reinstalling SQL server all over again. I don't want to disable UAC.
I am unable to do anything because of this problem.
How do I fix this problem?
This solution is for Internet Explorer. I don't know how it can be done for firefox or chrome.
Link 1 -
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlexpress/thread/9b5a8763-84ce-46d0-b011-067ad39223d1/
See the solutions by Chirag Shah. Follow only up to step 13. I could not follow Step 14 because I found no home dialog box.
In the steps Chirag talks about some URL's. I don't really understand the meaning of any of those URL's. So, I used the URL under "Report Manager URL" in "Reporting Services Configuration Manager". It was
http://localhost:8080/MyReportServer.
The 8080 is a port number.
Once you finished this, go to the link below and follow all the steps -
http://www.soheib.com/technical-knowledge/sql-server-2012-reporting-services-uac-user-access-control/
In the 7th step, I saw a lot of check boxes. I selected all of them.
Finally, I can rest in peace. Hope it works for you too.
Also, when making the accounts described in the above link, you might see "BUILTIN\Administrators" account. Ignore it - thats what i did.
**END OF POST**
Steps taken from Chirag Shah's post -
Configure the report server for local administration. To access the report server and Report Manager locally, follow these steps:
Start Windows Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
Click Security.
Click Trusted Sites.
Click Sites.
Under Add this Web site to the zone, type http://ServerName. If you are not using HTTPS for the default site, click to clear the Require server certification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.
Click Add.
Repeat step 7f and step 7g to add the http localhost URL, and then click Close.
Note This step enables you to start Internet Explorer and open either the localhost or the network computer name of the server for both the Report Server application and the Report Manager application.
Create role assignments that explicitly grant you access together with full permissions. To do this, follow these steps:
Start Internet Explorer together with the Run as administrator option. To do this, click Start, click All Programs, right-click Internet Explorer, and then click Run as administrator.
Open Report Manager. By default, the Report Manager URL is http://ServerName/reports. If you use SQL Server Express with Advanced Services SP2, the Report Manager URL is http://ServerName/reports$sqlexpress. If you use a named instance of Reporting Services, the Report Manager URL is http://ServerName/reports$InstanceName
i was receiving blank page after i was logging exactly 3 times on my report server URL.
i've Turn Off Internet Explorer Enhanced Security. On different OS's it is in different location. find the location and turn it off.
I hope this will help you.

Unable to create virtual directory

I am working on a website which authenticates with Facebook, so that the user can sign in through his/her Facebook profile. I've seen similar questions like this one, but none that covers exactly my issue.
To test this Facebook authentication locally, I figured that some hacks were needed. You see, Facebook only allows redirects to certain domains after the authentication process. For these domains, localhost is not an option.
So I decided to do some research. I ended up changing my hosts file to point the domain local.fablelane.com to 127.0.0.1. However, now it complains when I try to change the virtual directory in Visual Studio 2012.
First, I see this dialog after changing it.
I then click Yes and end up with this dialog here.
What do you suggest I try? How can I change my virtual directory? It is important that I find a way to do this either programmatically, through changing a file somewhere, or through the commandline. The reason for this is that I intend to make an automatic setup program that does this for me in the future.
You will need to uncheck Use IIS Express and also add your new name local.fablelane.com as a binding to IIS, so that when VS tries to open the site URL, the host-header matches the site.
Also, is there any reason you need a specific port, rather than the default? It should be fine with 80.
You haven't said which version of IIS you're using, but on 8, open IIS Admin, expand your machine-name, expand Sites, right-click on local.fablelane.com (or however you've named it), and select Edit bindings and add local.fablelane.com.
Try uncheck the option "Use IIS Express".
Check if your website port number in IIS has been changed.If its changed edit bindings and change port number to 80
In addition to the above, click on the override application root URL and paste the host name address which you have given in the Project Url.
It worked for me.

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