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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Anonymous

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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2018-06-27T04:50:44+00:00

[Admin] 21:47> ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MAIN

   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) I211 Gigabit Network Connection

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D0-17-C2-8B-A2-67

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e572:79c:9f8a:236c%11(Preferred)

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.100.63(Preferred)

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

   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 26, 2018 9:40:54 PM

   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:40:54 PM

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.100.10

   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.100.10

   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 265295810

   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-21-F2-99-A4-D0-17-C2-8B-A2-67

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.100.10

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

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

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ASUS PCE-N53 300Mbps 11n dual band Wireless PCI-E card

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-C3-7B-CA-71-BE

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

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

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-C3-7B-CA-71-B8

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

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

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 99-88-66-00-1E-1F

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

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

   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:108c:1364:53ef:9bc0(Preferred)

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::108c:1364:53ef:9bc0%16(Preferred)

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

   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 603979776

   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-21-F2-99-A4-D0-17-C2-8B-A2-67

   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
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Anonymous

2018-05-16T03:23:48+00:00

Thank you so much! I have no idea how long I was running with this issue... I have no idea what it means or what I did, all I know is your instructions worked and my website connections are secure now. Thank you...
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2018-03-11T12:34:37+00:00

After trying a hundred solutions, resetting the ipv4 as directed worked. Our problem was one of our Win 10 Pro machines was not showing up on the network, and windows could not automatically detect the networks proxy settings.

tried this several times. Didn't work for me
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