Fixed: Windows Was Unable To Detect The Proxy Settings For This Network Automatically

If you’re troubleshooting an Internet problem on Windows and get this error message: Windows Was Unable To Detect The Proxy Settings For This Network Automatically, you’re not alone.

A large number of Windows users has reported it. But the good news is that you may quickly repair it yourself. Here are three solutions you might try to resolve this issue. You don’t have to try all the categories; simply work your way down the list until you discover one that works for you.

Fix 1: Ensure that your network adapter driver is current and proper.

The incorrect network adapter driver most likely causes the issue. You may upgrade your network adapter driver manually or, if you’re not comfortable messing with drivers, Driver Easy can do it for you.

Driver Easy will help in automatically detecting your system and locate the appropriate drivers for it. You don’t have to know what operating system your machine is running, it is not needed by you to risk installing and downlading the wrong driver, and you don’t have to worry about making a mistake during installation. With either the pro versions or the free ones of Driver Easy, you can automatically update your drivers. However, with the help of the Pro version, it only takes two clicks (with full support and a 30-day money-back guarantee):

• Step 1- Get and install Driver Easy.
• Step 2-  Launch Driver Easy and press the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then search your computer for incompatible drivers.
  
  
• Step 3- With the Free version, click the Update button next to a flagged keyboard driver to automatically download and install the latest version.
• Note- With the Pro edition, click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all missing or out-of-date drivers on your machine.
  
• Step 4-  Restart your computer and check your Internet connection to see whether the issue has gone away.

Fix 2: Turn off your proxy server.

• Step 1-  To open the Run box, press the Windows logo key and the R key at the same time on your keyboard.
• Step 2-  Enter inetcpl. cpl as the command.
  
  
• Step 3- In Connections, select LAN settings.
  
  
• Step 4- Uncheck the box For your LAN, use a proxy server. Then check the box next to the section of Automatically detect settings. Click the OK button.
  
  
• Step 5- Press the OK button.
  
  
• Step 6- Re-troubleshoot your Internet to see whether the error has gone away.

Fix 3: Reset Windows sockets and IP addresses.

• Step 1- From the Start menu, type cmd into the search box. Then, on Command Prompt, right-click and select Run as administrator.
  
  
• Step 2- Enter the following commands after each one:

• netsh Winsock reset is an abbreviation for netsh Winsock reset
• netsh int ipv4 reset
  
  
• Step 3- Restart your computer and check your Internet connection to see whether the issue has gone away.

Conclusion

We hope that all the fixes mentioned above helped you!