Windows could not automatically detect this network's proxy settings

Anonymous
2010-05-04T02:01:23+00:00

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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Anonymous
2011-05-10T19:40:13+00:00

(This post is intended for all reporting the problem)

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
2011-03-21T14:37:48+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2012-03-19T03:15:45+00:00

    I have the exact same problems, and tried the above steps to no avail. following your instructions, here are the results of an ipconfig/all command.

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    C:\Users\Kyle>ipconfig/all

    Windows IP Configuration

       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Kyle-PC

       Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

       Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast

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

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

    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : BC-AE-C5-D9-A7-DF

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ed39:68ef:c2cc:f579%10(Preferred)

       IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.188(Preferred)

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

       Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March 18, 2012 8:03:12 PM

       Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March 18, 2012 9:03:11 PM

       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.1

       DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.1

       DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 247246533

       DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-1C-44-90-BC-AE-C5-D9-A7-DF

       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.94.156.1

                                           68.94.157.1

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

    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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:3ce6:38fd:301b:fd6b(Pref

    erred)

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3ce6:38fd:301b:fd6b%11(Preferred)

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

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

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{531045D9-0AA5-467D-B3A1-57E1146C6E20}:

       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

    C:\Users\Kyle>

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-03-02T05:38:45+00:00

    Hey how can u check for malware bcuz after using microsoft security essentials i got the problem pleaseee helllppp meeee

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-02-28T23:23:49+00:00

    thanks mate that done the trick for me

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