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Gary:
I have Proxomitron on. I can access Silver Oak
Cellars with either Netscape or IE.
InteractiveBrokers.com requires https:// instead of
http:// to get in.
This is a Win98 machine.
Julian
>
>
> I have a love/hate relationship with Proxomitron. I
> used it for
> years but never installed it on the last system I
> built. It's
> great to have all those ads and popups blocked, but
> I got sick of
> having a large percentage of websites just
> mysteriously and
> silently "not work" when Prox was running.
>
> Example: configure Prox exactly the way Alex has
> generously
> explained. (Thanks Alex!) Now try browsing to a
> bunch of
> websites. I'll bet before too long you'll hit
> something that
> doesn't work right. In my case I happened to go to
> http://www.silveroak.com. Hm, blank screen, nothing
> happens. So
> I right-click the Prox icon in the systray, select
> "Bypass" to
> disable Prox, and reload the website. Presto!
> Works like a
> charm. Also, Javascript-based things (like windows
> that pop up
> when you click, stuff like that) often don't work
> right. And the
> really annoying thing is that you might not realize
> the website
> isn't working the way it's supposed to unless you
> turn off Prox
> and reload it.
>
> Prox works great when it works. But it's a drag to
> have to
> disable it all the time when you find that
> something's not
> working.
>
> Gary
>
>
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