How To: Enable Proxy via Microsoft Window Registry

A few days ago I was forced to enable a proxy through the Microsoft Windows Registry on a domain locked machines during an internet outage. Below are the steps involved and the location of the registry.

Start the registry editor via the run command 'Win+R' regedit.

Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] and create the below registry keys if they don't already exists in which case you can just modify them:

• New DWORD (32-bit) Value naming it ProxyEnable and giving it a value of 1 to activate the proxy.
• New String value naming it ProxyServer and giving it a value of http://ProxyServerName:80 where ProxyServerName:80 is the name of your server and the port that it forwards through.