A proxy server allows you to regulate and monitor Internet traffic from employees on your company's network. It logs Internet access, tracks website visits and allows you to block particular websites.

If you want to surf the Web anonymously, you need to use a proxy server to mask your IP address. To avoid using third-party tools, Mozilla Firefox enables you to connect through a proxy by default.

A local Proxy Server can improve the throughput of your broadband connection and at times even protect against malware infections. Therefore Proxy settings have a key role to play. These settings let ...

If you see a yellow exclamation mark on the Network icon in the system tray and you receive an error message, Windows could not automatically detect this network’s ...

1. In the Internet browser beginning page, select in the top-right corner "Settings". 2. Roll down and select "Proxy Settings" 3. Next to "Use Proxy" press the box to enable it. Not using a proxy?

So we used to have an inline web proxy here so none of the machines actually had to care about it, their traffic just always went through it on the way out to the Internet. We recently switched over ...

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 ...

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