Start > Settings > Control Panel > click on Internet Options >
click on the "Connections" Tab > open the "Lan Settings" button
at the bottom of this panel > uncheck "Automatically Detect Settings".
HTH
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siljaline
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
