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Article ID: 2028170 - Last Review: July 16, 2010 - Revision: 3.0

Enabling "Automatically Detect Intranet Network" on a domain member computer will enable all the three Intranet Options automatically.

SYMPTOMS

By default in Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8, "Automatically Detect Intranet Network" will be enabled to automatically control the following three options of Intranet detection: 



Include all local (intranet) sites not listed in other zones

Include all sites that bypass the proxy server

Include all network paths (UNCs)


If "Automatically Detect Intranet Network" is enabled on a computer that is a member of a domain, all three of these options will be enabled regardless of what is configured through domain policy.


CAUSE

This behavior is by design. 




RESOLUTION

To disable the "Automatically Detect Intranet Network" settings on a computer that is a member of a domain, take the following steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. Expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, expand Internet Explorer, and then expand Internet Control Panel.
  3. Click Security Page, right-click Intranet Sites: Include all local (intranet) sites not listed in other zones, and then click Properties.
  4. Click Enabled, and then click OK.
  5. Right-click Turn on automatic detection of the intranet, and then click Properties.
  6. Click Disabled, and then click OK.
  7. Exit the Group Policy Object Editor


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APPLIES TO
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7
  • Windows Internet Explorer 8
Keywords: 
KB2028170
       

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