Internetsettings

Internet Settings

To disable annoying internet security on newly built windows servers like server 2016:

• Go to server manager
  • Select the local server in left menu
    • Select "IE Enhanced Security Configuration" and set to off for the user groups you need.

Enable/Disable proxy settings in internet settings

If environment has wpad configured then you can prevent this from being applied by disabling the "automatically detect settings" in internet settings LAN settings:

# Path to the registry key for Internet Settings
$regPath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings";

# Set the value for "AutoDetect" to disable "Automatically detect settings"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name AutoDetect -Value 0

#set 0 to disable, 1 to enable.

#one liner:
$regPath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings";Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name AutoDetect -Value 0