Just in case anybody else cares, fixed this issue by creating my own ADM file and imported it into the Policies in AD. Now I can put in lots of characters. As long as I don't configure it under the Internet Explorer Maintenance policy then they won't conflict. Chris -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walter, Chris Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:43 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: Proxy Override Policy I do use ISA but unfortunately the ISA servers have to be at a different location then my Metaframe servers and I don't think they will detect the ISA server at another location. This used to be a problem with NT4 but they considered it a problem and fixed it in one of their service packs. Thanks, Chris -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Higgins, Bob Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:14 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Proxy Override Policy The 255 max characters is because the GPO is used to set the proxy settings in IE on the local machines. That local machine setting is held in a reg key, hence the 255 character limit. To have greater control you need something like ISA as a proxy server and do your bypasses there. Bob Higgins Information Systems Server Administrator Chinook Health Region 960 19th Street South, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 4P2 (403) 388-6338 www.chr.ab.ca <http://www.chr.ab.ca> _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walter, Chris Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 14:05 To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Proxy Override Policy Hi All, It looks like there is a maximum length of 255 characters for Proxy Exceptions if you enter these into the Policy on Windows 2003. Does anybody know how to change this in 2003? If it was an ADM file I know you can use a MAXLEN statement but this doesn't fall under the administrative templates. I don't know what would happen if I set this in an administrative template if it would conflict with the one built into Windows 2003. Thanks, Chris