How do I configure proxy settings for LOCAL SYSTEM?

Question

If I edit Proxy Settings through the Control Panel, the settings are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable and ...\ProxyServer. These settings are of course not used when running as a service under LOCAL SYSTEM.

So I tried setting ProxyEnable and ProxyServer under HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\... (as well as HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\... and all the other users on the system), but that does not work.

How do I set the proxy settings for the LOCAL SYSTEM user?

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 05 '21 at 14:05

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It is actually the value in Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings that is used.

Since that is not easily modified, you can modify the proxy settings for a user, export the registry key, modify the path in the exported file to HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18 and reimport it.

edited Oct 05 '21 at 14:05

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answered Jul 02 '09 at 10:51

Rasmus Faber

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score 14 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 08 '20 at 09:46

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First, run cmd as administrator to open a command prompt.

Command to copy proxy settings of current user to WinHttp:

netsh winhttp import proxy source =ie

To reset the proxy to default settings:

netsh winhttp reset proxy

To show proxy settings of current user:

netsh winhttp show proxy

edited Jul 08 '20 at 09:46

Florian Winter

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answered Jun 04 '14 at 14:54

TomazZ

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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Another way, albeit much messier, is to use psexec to open a command prompt running as LOCAL SYSTEM, then from that open iexplore.exe, modify the settings appropriately.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Community

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answered Aug 13 '13 at 15:02

Rory

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 13 '17 at 07:18

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The Same thing can be done much easier in this way-

& C:\windows\System32\bitsadmin.exe /Util /SetIEProxy LocalSystem Manual_proxy http://<proxyserver>:<proxy port> "<Any bypasses to be added>"

answered Oct 13 '17 at 07:18

Alan Jebakumar

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 31 '15 at 06:05

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Reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v "ProxyEnable" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v "ProxyServer" /t REG_SZ /d "http://procycorp.bac:80" /f

answered Oct 31 '15 at 06:05

user319684

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 13 '09 at 05:12

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You might want to try using ProxyCFG.EXE, which sets the proxy for any WinHTTP calls.

answered Aug 13 '09 at 05:12

Christopher_G_Lewis

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How do I configure proxy settings for LOCAL SYSTEM?

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