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Detecting Proxy Settings

G

Gord Dibben

Flightless Bird
Something altered my Internet Connection speed about 2 weeks ago.

I have always seen the "detecting proxy settings" for two or three seconds
when connecting to Internet.

Now I sit and watch for exactly 13 seconds every time I connect.

Once connected, no problems going from site to site quickly.

I uninstalled the January 21st updates hoping that was the problem but no
joy.

Running Windows XP3 and IE 6.0

Any ideas where I should start looking?

Have run MalwareBytes and my Shaw Secure AV and Malware checker have come up
with nothing.


Thanks Gord
 
R

R. McCarty

Flightless Bird
Use Internet Options, Connections, LAN settings, Proxy and uncheck
or de-select the Proxy option if your XP setup doesn't use one. Some
security and ad removal apps do make use of a proxy server as a way
to filter web content.

An upgrade to IE-8 might also be a good thing.

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
news:64ujm5t66sce7ic196omn7eorqvkcj35g1@4ax.com...
> Something altered my Internet Connection speed about 2 weeks ago.
>
> I have always seen the "detecting proxy settings" for two or three seconds
> when connecting to Internet.
>
> Now I sit and watch for exactly 13 seconds every time I connect.
>
> Once connected, no problems going from site to site quickly.
>
> I uninstalled the January 21st updates hoping that was the problem but no
> joy.
>
> Running Windows XP3 and IE 6.0
>
> Any ideas where I should start looking?
>
> Have run MalwareBytes and my Shaw Secure AV and Malware checker have come
> up
> with nothing.
>
>
> Thanks Gord
 
G

Gord Dibben

Flightless Bird
Thanks for the reply.

LAN settings already unchecked/deselected.

Only option checked is "automatically detect settings"

I use my ISP's free security plugin and have not previously had a problem.
but the application is getting updated frequently but its connection
settings under HTTP Proxy are optioned to "Use my browser's proxy"

I also tried with that setting at "No proxy"

No difference either way.

Maybe time to upgrade to IE8 and MS Security Essentials

I think I will give it a try.....barring some magic fix for my current
setup.

Can't get worse........famous last words<g>


Gord

On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:56:17 -0500, "R. McCarty"
<PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Use Internet Options, Connections, LAN settings, Proxy and uncheck
>or de-select the Proxy option if your XP setup doesn't use one. Some
>security and ad removal apps do make use of a proxy server as a way
>to filter web content.
>
> An upgrade to IE-8 might also be a good thing.
>
>"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
>news:64ujm5t66sce7ic196omn7eorqvkcj35g1@4ax.com...
>> Something altered my Internet Connection speed about 2 weeks ago.
>>
>> I have always seen the "detecting proxy settings" for two or three seconds
>> when connecting to Internet.
>>
>> Now I sit and watch for exactly 13 seconds every time I connect.
>>
>> Once connected, no problems going from site to site quickly.
>>
>> I uninstalled the January 21st updates hoping that was the problem but no
>> joy.
>>
>> Running Windows XP3 and IE 6.0
>>
>> Any ideas where I should start looking?
>>
>> Have run MalwareBytes and my Shaw Secure AV and Malware checker have come
>> up
>> with nothing.
>>
>>
>> Thanks Gord
>
 
J

John Wunderlich

Flightless Bird
Assuming you don't use a proxy, uncheck the "automatically detect
settings" box. This should eliminate the delay.

If you do use a proxy, uncheck the box and check the proxy box and
insert your proxy settings.

HTH,
John


Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in
news:kl3km5ldcp7q519t90kun52qbhmuc6ikku@4ax.com:

> Thanks for the reply.
>
> LAN settings already unchecked/deselected.
>
> Only option checked is "automatically detect settings"
>
> I use my ISP's free security plugin and have not previously had a
> problem. but the application is getting updated frequently but its
> connection settings under HTTP Proxy are optioned to "Use my
> browser's proxy"
>
> I also tried with that setting at "No proxy"
>
> No difference either way.
>
> Maybe time to upgrade to IE8 and MS Security Essentials
>
> I think I will give it a try.....barring some magic fix for my
> current setup.
>
> Can't get worse........famous last words<g>
>
>
> Gord
>
> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:56:17 -0500, "R. McCarty"
> <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Use Internet Options, Connections, LAN settings, Proxy and
>> uncheck or de-select the Proxy option if your XP setup doesn't
>> use one. Some security and ad removal apps do make use of a proxy
>> server as a way to filter web content.
>>
>> An upgrade to IE-8 might also be a good thing.
>>
>> "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
>> news:64ujm5t66sce7ic196omn7eorqvkcj35g1@4ax.com...
>>> Something altered my Internet Connection speed about 2 weeks
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> I have always seen the "detecting proxy settings" for two or
>>> three seconds when connecting to Internet.
>>>
>>> Now I sit and watch for exactly 13 seconds every time I connect.
>>>
>>> Once connected, no problems going from site to site quickly.
>>>
>>> I uninstalled the January 21st updates hoping that was the
>>> problem but no joy.
>>>
>>> Running Windows XP3 and IE 6.0
>>>
>>> Any ideas where I should start looking?
>>>
>>> Have run MalwareBytes and my Shaw Secure AV and Malware checker
>>> have come up with nothing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Gord
>>
>
>
 
G

Gord Dibben

Flightless Bird
John

Thank you very much............I unchecked the option and now near-instant
access to websites.

I know it has always been enabled but as I say, a couple weeks ago I got
this extended "detecting" time. Before that only a couple seconds.

Whatever the cause.............looks like I do not need it enabled at all.

Appreciate the tip.


Gord

On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:51:33 GMT, John Wunderlich <jwunderlich@lycos.com>
wrote:

>Assuming you don't use a proxy, uncheck the "automatically detect
>settings" box. This should eliminate the delay.
>
>If you do use a proxy, uncheck the box and check the proxy box and
>insert your proxy settings.
>
>HTH,
> John
>
>
>Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in
>news:kl3km5ldcp7q519t90kun52qbhmuc6ikku@4ax.com:
>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> LAN settings already unchecked/deselected.
>>
>> Only option checked is "automatically detect settings"
>>
>> I use my ISP's free security plugin and have not previously had a
>> problem. but the application is getting updated frequently but its
>> connection settings under HTTP Proxy are optioned to "Use my
>> browser's proxy"
>>
>> I also tried with that setting at "No proxy"
>>
>> No difference either way.
>>
>> Maybe time to upgrade to IE8 and MS Security Essentials
>>
>> I think I will give it a try.....barring some magic fix for my
>> current setup.
>>
>> Can't get worse........famous last words<g>
>>
>>
>> Gord
>>
>> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:56:17 -0500, "R. McCarty"
>> <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Use Internet Options, Connections, LAN settings, Proxy and
>>> uncheck or de-select the Proxy option if your XP setup doesn't
>>> use one. Some security and ad removal apps do make use of a proxy
>>> server as a way to filter web content.
>>>
>>> An upgrade to IE-8 might also be a good thing.
>>>
>>> "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
>>> news:64ujm5t66sce7ic196omn7eorqvkcj35g1@4ax.com...
>>>> Something altered my Internet Connection speed about 2 weeks
>>>> ago.
>>>>
>>>> I have always seen the "detecting proxy settings" for two or
>>>> three seconds when connecting to Internet.
>>>>
>>>> Now I sit and watch for exactly 13 seconds every time I connect.
>>>>
>>>> Once connected, no problems going from site to site quickly.
>>>>
>>>> I uninstalled the January 21st updates hoping that was the
>>>> problem but no joy.
>>>>
>>>> Running Windows XP3 and IE 6.0
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas where I should start looking?
>>>>
>>>> Have run MalwareBytes and my Shaw Secure AV and Malware checker
>>>> have come up with nothing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Gord
>>>
>>
>>
 
J

John Wunderlich

Flightless Bird
Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in
news:fnvom5pmmhm82603mna0lcj6d1dmbi39pc@4ax.com:

>
> Thank you very much............I unchecked the option and now
> near-instant access to websites.
>
> I know it has always been enabled but as I say, a couple weeks ago
> I got this extended "detecting" time. Before that only a couple
> seconds.
>
> Whatever the cause.............looks like I do not need it enabled
> at all.
>
> Appreciate the tip.
>
>
> Gord
>

I'm glad you got it fixed. Thanks for the feedback.

I don't know what the Auto-detect looks for, but it is possible that
your ISP put something in place that caused the autodetect to take a
longer look at something it before it decided to drop back to
standard.

-- John
 
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