Open the Group Policy MMC (type gpedit.msc in the Run window). Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Internet Explorer. There is a setting that says "Make proxy ...

You can disable it using the following methods, but you must use an admin account. Disable WPAD by disabling WINS/NetBT name resolution Stop WPAD using a host file entry Group Policy Editor Registry ...

For some reason, having the default "use system proxy settings" causes problems and I have to disable proxy completely in both IE and FireFox. The strange thing is I don't have this problem when ...

The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer users’ online accounts, web searches, and other private data, ...