The quickest way to configure a standard computer setting that applies to all user profiles, or within a network, is to deploy a group policy setting. To set a group policy, must have access to a user account with administrator rights. There are group policy settings required for things such as configuring an Internet Explorer Web browser to connect through a specified proxy server. Once a group policy setting is configured and in place, it changes the select setting for all user accounts.
Step 1
Log into a computer using an account with administrator privileges.
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Step 2
Launch the Group Policy Editor. For Windows XP users, click "Start," then "Run." Type "gpedit.msc" in the box and click "OK." For Windows Vista and 7 users, click the "Start" orb, type "gpedit.msc" in the "Search" box and press "Enter."
Step 3
In the left window panel, click the plus sign next to the "User Configuration" GPO (Group Policy Object) to expand it. If there is a minus sign next to the GPO, the object is expanded.
Step 4
Double-click the "Windows Settings" folder in the right window panel. Double-click the "Internet Explorer Maintenance" folder in the right window panel. Double-click the "Connection" folder in the right window panel.
Step 5
Right-click the "Proxy Settings" policy setting in the right window panel. Select "Properties" from the pop-up shortcut menu. This opens the "Proxy Settings" properties box.
Step 6
Check the box next to "Enable Proxy Settings."
Step 7
Enter the proxy server's address, which is a server's URL address or the IP address the URL resolves to, in the appropriate protocol box.
Step 8
Type the proxy server's port number in the corresponding "Port" box.
Step 9
Click "Apply" to save and deploy the settings to all user profiles. Click "OK" to close the "Proxy Settings" properties box.
Step 10
Close the Group Policy Editor.