RESOLUTION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
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:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\ConnectionsTab
To hide the Connections tab, set the value of this DWORD to 1. - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\Autoconfig
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
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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