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Connection Settings are greyed out - Can't set proxy.

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In my duties, I am provided with Win 7 images from an outside source, modify them for our org and create new images for our specs. Recently, I got a new image from the supplier. They forced IE 10 on the image, so the IEM tool that I previously used to set proxies no longer exists. My customer requires Firefox as the default browser. When I try to configure the proxy settings on the Connection Settings page, all items are greyed out. About:config shows network.proxy.type is (0) and is locked. I have modified prefs.js to a different value but it never works. I figure there was a registry or group policy setting that is stopping this from working. Any Ideas? Thanks, beforehand.

In my duties, I am provided with Win 7 images from an outside source, modify them for our org and create new images for our specs. Recently, I got a new image from the supplier. They forced IE 10 on the image, so the IEM tool that I previously used to set proxies no longer exists. My customer requires Firefox as the default browser. When I try to configure the proxy settings on the Connection Settings page, all items are greyed out. About:config shows network.proxy.type is (0) and is locked. I have modified prefs.js to a different value but it never works. I figure there was a registry or group policy setting that is stopping this from working. Any Ideas? Thanks, beforehand.

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hello, you could try to take a look if the settings are locked like described in this article: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences

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hello, you could try to take a look if the settings are locked like described in this article: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences

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Thank you phillip. This page did the trick.