Hi again,

Dorian here from Microsoft Support with a blog about a hot topic. I need to blog about this since we have the Windows 8.1 Preview the fix for the Authenticated Proxy Problems our customers faced in Windows 8.

The official KB Article 2778122 said first "Microsoft is aware of these issues, and we are investigating possible solutions. More information will be provided here when it is available." Then we changed it and now you can read this statement "The issues that are discussed in this article are scheduled to be resolved in Windows 8.1."

Well.. in order to use a proxy server in Windows 8.1 Preview Edition with the Modern Apps or the Windows Store you need to set the proxy server here:
Charm \ Settings \ Change PC Settings \ Network \ Proxy

As an alternative for mass deployment, the settings from IE are picked up by this UI, so setting the proxy info via the IE GPO should work.

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Reference:
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Using authenticated proxy servers together with Windows 8
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2778122/en-us

Have a great day !
Dorian

Hi,

Dorian again here with another post regarding how to simply add the Country List in the 32 Bit Registry Hive on Windows 7 64 Bit Operation System. The list will be used by 32 Bit Applications that are installed on a 64 Bit OS. This should work on Windows 8 64 Bit OS as well.

If we open Control Panel -> Phone and Modem -> And define a New dialing Rule the following is happening:
-   for 64bit Application: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Telephony the Country List will appear as in the screenshot below.

-   for 32bit Application: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Telephony the Country List not created in the registry.

As a simple workaround you can safely copy the Country List also into the Wow6432Node area.