How do I stop my proxy settings from reverting to Optusnets default?
The Optusnet Cable software includes a few little tricks to keep your proxy server set to the one Optusnet wants you to use. Every time you restart your machine, the proxy settings will be reset to http://proxy:8080. Uninstalling the Optusnet Cable software package doesn’t appear to stop this. There are two DLL files which are causing this to happen: ahiehelp.dll and ahnsreg.dll, both can be found in C:\Windows\System\ on a Windows 98/ME system. These files stand for “at-home Internet Explorer Helper” and “at-home Netscape Registry”. Windows NT/2000 users can use “Search for Files or Folders” to locate these DLL files. The will most likely be found in the C:\winnt\system32\ directory. Apparently NT4 users can type REGSVR32 -u ahiehelp.dll at the command prompt to unregister the DLL properly. Start up in safe mode, delete these two DLL files, and the problem should disappear.
