YES! The owner/manager/guru of the proxy SERVER may need to help you out or they have blocked such.
Bob
Perhaps it's just my settings, but I can't get my proxy to work with a particular shockwave site. I'm wondering if the connection to my computer is done differently, and thus bypassing the proxy I use from time to time.
If this is so, how do I work around this. If that's possible

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