Check and Set the System Account Proxy settings
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The original article references Windows Server 2003; Internet Explorer. It is retained for historical or version-specific use. Confirm applicability to the target product and version before using the procedure.
Procedure
The proxy setting on the browser, only controls the behavior of the browser itself. Some applications can read this setting and share the same configuration, for instance, Chrome and Java. If you need to set the proxy for the local machine account (even without any user logged in), you must change the system account proxy using the commands below.
To check the status of System Account proxy settings use:
netsh winhttp show proxy
To make a service to follow the Proxy settings according to IE settings use:
netsh winhttp import proxy source=ie