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You don't need Perl.

A Google search for windows registry proxy settings brought up: How to Configure Client Proxy Server Settings by Using a Registry File, which says just create a batch file or set it in the logon script etc.

There is also, Use System-Wide Proxy Settings (All Windows) from the same search

HTH.

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Re^2: Scriptable way to set a user's Proxy Server
by slloyd (Hermit) on Sep 19, 2005 at 16:56 UTC
    I was able to figure out how to set the proxy for IE but I do not think that Mozilla honors it. Is there a way to script setting the proxy settings for Mozilla?

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      Update: Sorry, I forgot it was Mozilla. Just search with regedit for the right keys.

      I would use the same techique as previously mentioned.

      Google again gave, Running Firefox from a Network Drive, which gives you the HKEY locations in the registry. Have a look there with regedit and look for proxy.
      HTH.

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        Firefox does not store their user setting in the registry. In firefox,I can access/change them by typing "about:config" in the URL (look at network.proxy.type). I just cannot figure out how to do this via a script.

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