* Installed Spotify for the first time on work machine.
* Work has very restrictive default proxy, which bans Spotify.
Thankfully being a developer in IT we know of a few more leniant alternative proxies....
Further problem:
* When launching spotify you need to log in with no option of defining the proxy to be used.
* And the error message just say unable to log in.
Solution:
* Unplug the the network cable
This prompts an error message with allow you to change the proxy settings.
Remember to plug in your cable again!
Thats a nice tip! I use a UK VPN Provider to get past the spotify gate keeper when I am outside the UK on holiday but this might be easier in th
Try using a VPN rather than a proxy.
usa vpn
Awesome! Thanks.
Laughing out loud here on my seat. Yes! The best solution for annoying proxy configuration is unplugging the cable to reset it.
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