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

2016-11-29T08:09:17+00:00

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-IGHOS9G

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-60-6E-0A-0F-AA

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1E-85-DE-22-70-57

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DC-85-DE-22-70-57

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ec8b:521:cda:8ff5%5(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.119(Preferred)

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

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 29 November 2016 12:27:44 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, 30 November 2016 3:41:08 PM

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

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 81561054

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1F-C9-6F-ED-08-60-6E-0A-0F-AA

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

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

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DC-85-DE-23-F6-F7

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter

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

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:83f:b1:3f57:fe88(Preferred)

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::83f:b1:3f57:fe88%8(Preferred)

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 134217728

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1F-C9-6F-ED-08-60-6E-0A-0F-AA

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

Tunnel adapter isatap.{388B8DFC-2D10-4F51-A14A-61F862F75C17}:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2

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

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Anonymous

2016-07-29T11:21:27+00:00
I was having exactly the same problem. My internet wouldnt connect to my pc but would to my xbox. I found an easy and fast fix that requires no rebooting of softwares.
1. Go to your control panel.
2. Under system and security, hit find and fix problems.
3. Click on network and internet.
4. Click network adapter.
5. Click next and follow the steps and it will lead you to 1 simple button that resolves the problem you're having.
Hope it helped :)
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Anonymous

2016-07-24T20:42:24+00:00

Thanks, the first one helped in the short term, but the problem appears again and it's getting bothersome to have to do this every time. I'm using windows 10 on a levano t410.
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