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
    2017-10-16T22:50:52+00:00

    For reference, this is after cleaning up a whole horde of malware/ viruses. I think it is mostly cleaned up, but there are some lingering problems. I can't get edge to display any web pages despite the fact that chrome works just fine. This is the output after I ran ipconfig /all. 

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> ipconfig /all

    Windows IP Configuration

       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HAL-9000

       Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

    Ethernet adapter Ethernet 3:

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

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TunnelBear Adapter V9

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-12-29-31-CA

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

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

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-8B-CD-A9-82-72

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f074:4518:c953:82c4%7(Preferred)

       IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.35(Preferred)

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

       Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, October 16, 2017 3:44:12 PM

       Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 17, 2017 3:44:11 PM

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

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

       DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 493915085

       DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-77-C1-27-70-8B-CD-A9-82-72

       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8

                                           8.8.8.4

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

    Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

       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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:953c:38ce:140e:3f57:fedc(Preferred)

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::38ce:140e:3f57:fedc%15(Preferred)

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

       DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251658240

       DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-77-C1-27-70-8B-CD-A9-82-72

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

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-08T02:20:01+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

    Tried all the instruction but still getting the same error of Windows Could not automatically detect this network's proxy setting.

    as advised, here is the output of an ipconfig /all command.  Thank you.

    Windows IP Configuration

       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-3JI7A7V

       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. . . . . . . . . : 70-8B-CD-2A-94-D2

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

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

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #3

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B2-C0-90-A6-C0-79

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B0-C0-90-A6-C0-79

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9815:7f22:1fd3:a4fa%19(Preferred) 

       IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.241(Preferred) 

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

       Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 8 October 2017 8:48:31 AM

       Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 9 October 2017 8:55:07 AM

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

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

       DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 280019088

       DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-D8-51-BE-B0-C0-90-A6-C0-79

       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. . . . . . . . . : B0-C0-90-A6-C0-7A

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 3:

       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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6abd:20f5:30d7:75b4:3071(Preferred) 

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::20f5:30d7:75b4:3071%21(Preferred) 

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

       DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 352321536

       DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-D8-51-BE-B0-C0-90-A6-C0-79

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

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{DCC7E41F-92EE-4B83-B65E-EEBE3B701935}:

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

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter

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

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

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-09-26T07:59:14+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

    I tried to do the same thing but it still wouldnt work i had re formatted the computer thinking there couldve have been a bug or an application causing this issue but even after going through everything its still causing an issue.

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