Configure Proxy On Windows

With Windows 2000/XP

• Right Click "My Computer", and click Properties
• Choose the Advanced Tab and click the Environment Variables button at the bottom middle of the window
• Click the "New" button in the Global Variables section
• Set the Variable Name to http_proxy
• Set the Variable Value to http://example.com: 8080
• If a proxy login is required set the Variable Value tohttp://username:password@example.com: 8080
• Click OK
• Click OK

With Windows 95/98/ME

• Add a line set http_proxy=http://example.com: 8080 to the fileC:\Autoexec.bat
• If a proxy login is required the line should read set http_proxy=http://username:password@example.com: 8080
• Restart your computer.

Command line

• set HTTP_PROXY=http://: