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

2018-11-30T08:19:13+00:00

I tried everything that came up on here but nothing worked.

I fiddled around for months then I read somewhere (not on here) that all i had to do was

go to settings,

go to network & internet.

go to proxy

turn the 3 items on that page to OFF

this made the message go away

Simple

Good luck
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2014-05-17T19:43:03+00:00

Neither of the commands worked for me. I don't seem to have any problems with the internet, but the message "Windows could not automatically detect this network's proxy setting" keeps popping up whenever I try to troubleshoot it, so I have a feeling that it's a problem with my computer. This is my ipconfig /all output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]

(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SaiHyun

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 0C-84-DC-86-AC-F6

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi :

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8188EE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapt

er #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 0C-84-DC-86-AC-F6

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::75a7:121a:9bf4:1add%22(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.21(Preferred)

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

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 17, 2014 03:27:44 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, May 18, 2014 03:27:44 PM

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 487359708

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-C3-6F-3E-A0-48-1C-EE-C1-0A

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

71.252.0.12

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

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A0-48-1C-EE-C1-0A

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6abd:1459:31:52b6:6589(Prefer

red)

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1459:31:52b6:6589%6(Preferred)

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 150994944

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-C3-6F-3E-A0-48-1C-EE-C1-0A

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

Tunnel adapter isatap.home:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home

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

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

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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Anonymous

2014-03-22T16:15:18+00:00

Glad this worked for you but what's an "elevated privilege" and how do I make that happen? Thanks for your good advice.
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