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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2017-08-06T00:07:07+00:00

proxy server box is unchecked in internet explorer settings. firefox isn't installed. malwarebytes found 0 problems.

nets winsock reset didn't work

netsh int ipv4 reset results:

C:\Windows\system32>netsh int ipv4 reset

Resetting Interface, OK!

Resetting Unicast Address, OK!

Resetting Neighbor, OK!

Resetting Path, OK!

Resetting , failed.

Access is denied.

Resetting , OK!

Restart the computer to complete this action.

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C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LAPTOP-M9SQDU5Q

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-42-1C-EB-8B-C0

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-42-1C-EB-8B-BF

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::61cd:b8d3:42ae:835c%8(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.112(Preferred)

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

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 26, 2017 2:14:33 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 27, 2017 2:14:33 PM

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

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 66077212

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1F-C9-35-CC-00-0E-1A-00-77-9D

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. . . . . . . . . : F0-42-1C-EB-8B-C3

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6ab8:30cf:3fa0:bdb4:9ecc(Preferred)

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::30cf:3fa0:bdb4:9ecc%2(Preferred)

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 33554432

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1F-C9-35-CC-00-0E-1A-00-77-9D

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

Tunnel adapter isatap.{415C9EE6-516D-4301-84B1-9E79F61E29F2}:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3

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

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Windows\system32>

I have this exact same problem as well!

Recently upgraded my PC-build to a Asus x370 motherboard and then this problem arose. I can circumvent this by unticking the "Automatically detect Proxy settings" in the Proxy settings tab in Windows, but is still does not resolve my issue with not being able to download larger files.
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Anonymous

2017-08-06T22:33:03+00:00

I tried everything, nothing worked, here's my ipconfig/all data:

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-LJOQGA4

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : default

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : default

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 38-D5-47-7C-9D-BD

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e4ba:e3a:8e27:ec9e%3(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.63(Preferred)

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

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2017 23:04:45

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 08 August 2017 23:04:45

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

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 37279047

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-F0-7D-84-38-D5-47-7C-9D-BD

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

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:1067:320e:3f57:fec0(Preferred)

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1067:320e:3f57:fec0%4(Preferred)

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 67108864

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-F0-7D-84-38-D5-47-7C-9D-BD

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

I only got this PC a day ago as well, It's a chillblast fusion arrow gaming PC
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Anonymous

2017-08-06T22:45:50+00:00

Tried sending a message, don't know if it went through so just in case:

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-LJOQGA4

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : default

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : default

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 38-D5-47-7C-9D-BD

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e4ba:e3a:8e27:ec9e%3(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.63(Preferred)

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

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2017 23:04:45

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 08 August 2017 23:04:45

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

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 37279047

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-F0-7D-84-38-D5-47-7C-9D-BD

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

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:1067:320e:3f57:fec0(Preferred)

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1067:320e:3f57:fec0%4(Preferred)

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 67108864

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-F0-7D-84-38-D5-47-7C-9D-BD

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

And my PC is the chillblast fusion arrow gaming PC that is only old by a day
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