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<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;networking2&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-563" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;networking2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"networking box" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"340" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of our users asked&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Is there a way to find out which proxy I am using if Internet Options are disabled by Group Policy&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are couple of ways to find out which proxy server you&&num;8217&semi;re using&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here&&num;8217&semi;s how to find out the proxy server address using Command Prompt&period; <&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hit <strong>Win ORB<&sol;strong> &vert; Type <strong>CMD<&sol;strong> &vert; Click <strong>Enter<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the command prompt window type the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>reg query &&num;8220&semi;HKEY&lowbar;CURRENT&lowbar;USER&bsol;Software&bsol;Microsoft&bsol;Windows&bsol;CurrentVersion&bsol;Internet Settings&&num;8221&semi; &vert; find &sol;i &&num;8220&semi;proxyserver&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Or you can use tools like <strong>Ethereal<&sol;strong> or <strong>Wireshark <&sol;strong>to sniff for the network traffic and this way found out the address of the proxy server&comma; although this could be a problem if you don&&num;8217&semi;t have appropriate permissions to install third party software&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comments are welcome&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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