Windows could not automatically detect this network's proxy settings

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Recently, I have noticed a small caution triangle appearing with my network icon on the task bar. When I right click and troubleshoot, it comes with this message. Windows could not automatically detect this network's proxy settings. My internet has been very slow lately, but I'm wondering if this is a problem with my network? or is this something that my ISP has to fix?

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Check Internet Options (from Control Panel or Internet Explorer Tools / Options /Connections Tab / LAN Settings and make sure Proxy Server is unchecked even if using Firefox. Check settings in Firefox in Tools / Options /Advanced Connections / Settings (should be either use system proxy settings or no proxy).

Check for malware especially using malwarebytes.

Try these two commands in that order in an elevated command prompt. Do the first one first then reboot and try. If still bad try the second.

netsh winsock reset

netsh int ipv4 reset

If these don't help, please post the output of an ipconfig /all command

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I had the same problem this morning--couldn't connect on one computer but could on the other. Got the same message about not being able to detect the proxy settings. However, I used System Restore to reverse some changes that had happened during the night and that corrected the problem.

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Anonymous

2018-02-02T00:34:13+00:00

Ive tried everything i could think of, please help.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

  Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ***********-PC

  Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

  Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

  IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

  WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller #2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1C-B7-2C-AA-33-AF

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . .: fe80::8d58:4ce0:ecfe:9947%14(Preferred)

  Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.153.71(Preferred)

  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

  DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 421312300

  DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-34-D9-66-BC-5F-F4-5A-76-C7

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-19-12-67-C8

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1912:67c8(Preferred)

  Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b490:5bc4:984e:28d7%25(Preferred)

  IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 25.18.103.200(Preferred)

  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0

  Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, February 01, 2018 6:11:10 PM

  Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 01, 2019 6:13:16 PM

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1900:1

  DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 25.0.0.1

  DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 377125371

  DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-34-D9-66-BC-5F-F4-5A-76-C7

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7108648E-C743-4578-A29B-B96A0ABE9665}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7ED783B4-B112-4699-9B39-9E9C1CCEF48D}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Anonymous

2018-02-02T00:30:59+00:00

These are the config files. Ive tried everything i can think of. Please help.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

  Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ***********-PC

  Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

  Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

  IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

  WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller #2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1C-B7-2C-AA-33-AF

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . .: fe80::8d58:4ce0:ecfe:9947%14(Preferred)

  Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.153.71(Preferred)

  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

  DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 421312300

  DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-34-D9-66-BC-5F-F4-5A-76-C7

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-19-12-67-C8

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1912:67c8(Preferred)

  Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b490:5bc4:984e:28d7%25(Preferred)

  IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 25.18.103.200(Preferred)

  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0

  Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, February 01, 2018 6:11:10 PM

  Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 01, 2019 6:13:16 PM

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1900:1

  DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 25.0.0.1

  DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 377125371

  DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-34-D9-66-BC-5F-F4-5A-76-C7

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

                                               fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7108648E-C743-4578-A29B-B96A0ABE9665}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7ED783B4-B112-4699-9B39-9E9C1CCEF48D}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Anonymous

2017-12-27T22:06:32+00:00

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.125]

(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7def:d6a:eef1:e5c4%2

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.187

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:306b:211:3f57:fe44

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::306b:211:3f57:fe44%7

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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