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What is an Internet Explorer Web Proxy?
Dear Sir/Madam
What is an Internet Explorer Web Proxy? Is it important to have one? I know how to configure it but is it important, because every time I run Windows diagnostic tool, Internet Explorer Web Proxy shows up as failed. Justjohnnygo |
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What is an Internet Explorer Web Proxy?
justjohnnygo wrote:
What is an Internet Explorer Web Proxy? Well, not sure what an Internet Explorer Web Proxy is: IE is a web browser, a web proxy is something that caches the web for a large number of users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server#Web_proxies Is it important to have one? Not in most cases, though if one is available to you, you should use it as a courtesy to web servers, increase the odds of reaching sites suffering the Slashdot Effect¹, and take possibly take advantage of any ad-zapping features that the server employs. I know how to configure it but is it important, because every time I run Windows diagnostic tool, Internet Explorer Web Proxy shows up as failed. Either IE is set to not use a proxy, or your network does not have a proxy. If you can browse, don't sweat it. ¹ http://ursine.ca/Slashdot_effect |
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