Firefox 12 and proxy

Firefox 12 installed on Windows XP SP3. Auto-detect proxy settings for this network are not working. Only way to make Firefox 12 go through the proxy is to manual configure. Have a IIS server setup with wpad.dat. When Firefox 12 is auto-detect, from IIS logs it does not even try to get wpad.dat. Turning on the IP6 config statement does not solve the problem either. Same computer, IE get wpad.dat no problem.

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