The short answer is: you can't. There is no 'global' proxy setting, because proxies are used by individual applications (like Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.), not by Windows itself. However, some programs internally use Internet Explorer libraries to access the web, so they will use the IE setting, as posted by firedfly.You can force individual applications to use proxies, even if the applications themselves don't support proxies, by using tools such or.If you really do want to force all programs to go through a proxy it would have to be done at the network level, so you would need to establish a VPN connection to a service like. The way I normally get to proxy settings (in Windows 8+) is Ctrl+X-C (for Command Prompt) or Ctrl+X-A (for Admin prompt) and execute inetcpl.cpl to bring up Internet Options, and then click the Connections tab and Lan Settings button.
For Vista, it would be Ctrl-R (Run dialog), enter cmd Enter inetcpl.cpl Enter. If you want to cut right to the chase, the command control inetcpl.cpl,4 opens straight to the Internet Options Connections tab. You may have to tweak the number for earlier versions of Windows (such as Vista).–Nov 8 '15 at 2:56.
ProxifierOut of the box, you cannot set a global proxy for all applications to use. Although you can enter your proxy details in Internet Explorer as suggests, this will only work for certain applications (mostly Windows apps, but Google Chrome uses these settings.).Privoxy does exactly what you are after. It will establish a connection to the proxy and route all of the traffic out it (excluding local traffic, of course). It works on both Windows and OS X, and even has a portable version.Proxifier is a program that allows network applications that do not support working through proxy servers to operate through an HTTPS or SOCKS proxy or a chain of proxy servers.With Proxifier you can work with any Internet client (browsers, FTP, IRC, BitTorrent, messengers, telnet, SSH, video/audio, games.) through a network that is separated from Internet by a firewall (only one open port is required for a proxy tunnel to bypass firewall).I also used this program to my question.
You can use group policy to:In group policy:Local Computer Policy - Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Componants -Internet Explorer - enable 'Make proxy settings 'Per Machine'rather than 'Per User' This setting makes it so you don't have to reassign the settings each time a different user logs into the machine.Local Computer Policy - User Configuration - Windows Settings - Internet Explorer Maintenance - Connection - Proxy Settings. (You can define the proxy settings here)Local Computer Policy - User Configuration - Windows Settings - Internet Explorer Maintenance - URLs (you can set your default home page, ect, here)There also is an option to: Netsh winhttp set proxy myproxyNetsh winhttp set proxy myproxy:80 ';bar'Netsh winhttp set proxy proxy-server='http=myproxy;https=sproxy:88' bypass-list='.
Contoso.com'In our environment we ended up using: netsh winhttp set proxy 192.168.0.100:88 ';.company.com'.
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I have a HP Envy Laptop with Windows 8.1 which will not connect to the internet even though it states that it is connected. I believe I had multiple viruses (namely Search conduit, Search project, BrowserGuard with rocket tab, etc) which have been removed(I think). When trying to get online, I get a message that states 'unable to connect to proxy server'. There is no proxy server. Further, the Connections under Internet Properties/LAN Settings constantly resets when I unclick the 'Use a proxy server foryour LAN'. I have tried to 'bypass' the proxy server; however, it resets back to the use proxy server setting. Have also tried to redirect any proxy server setting by accessingwithout success. I believe there is another malware acting as a proxy server which has high jacked my internet connection capabilities.Not being able to access the internet has prevented the running of 'System Mechanic'.Can anyone help?