Up to three environment variables need to be set.
Under Windows XP
Open the Control Panel and click the System
icon.
The System Properties dialog is displayed.
On the Advanced tab, click on Environment
Variables.
The Environment Variables dialog is displayed.
Click New in the System variables
panel.
The New Sytem Variable dialog is displayed.
Add the setting HTTP_proxy, with your proxy name
as the value. You must include "http://"
and the proxy port, if applicable; for example, "http://proxy:8080/".
If you require a user name and/or password to access your
proxy, click New again to add each of the
settings HTTP_proxy_user and HTTP_proxy_pass,
with your user name and password as the respective values.
Under Windows 200x
Right click on My Computer.
Click on Properties and select the Advanced
tab.
Click "Environment Variables".
The "System Variables" dialog appears.
Click New, and add the setting HTTP_proxy,
with your proxy name as the value (you must include "http://"),
followed by a colon and the proxy port, if applicable; e.g.,
"http://proxy:8080/"
If you require a user name and/or password to access your
proxy, click New again to add each of the
settings HTTP_proxy_user and HTTP_proxy_pass, with
your user name and password as the respective values.
Under Windows NT
Right click on My Computer.
Click on Properties, select the Environment
tab.
Add the setting HTTP_proxy, with your proxy name
as the value (you must include "http://"),
followed by a colon and the proxy port, if applicable; for
example, "http://proxy:8080/"
If you require a user name and/or password to access your
proxy, add the settings HTTP_proxy_user and HTTP_proxy_pass,
with your user name and password as the respective values.
Under Windows 98/ME
Select Start > Run to open the Run
dialog, enter msconfig in the Open
field and then click OK.
The System Configuration Utility dialog is
displayed.
Click on the Autoexec.bat tab, and add the
following entries:
- SET HTTP_proxy=<your proxy server (you must include
"
http://", followed by a colon and the
proxy port, if applicable; e.g., SET HTTP_proxy=http://proxy:8080/
- SET HTTP_proxy_user=<your user name> (if required)
- SET HTTP_proxy_pass=<your password> (if required)
Click OK to save these settings.
The System Settings Change dialog is displayed.
Click Yes to restart your computer so that the
changes take effect.
Under Windows 95
In your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, place the following lines then reboot
so the changes can take effect:
SET HTTP_proxy=<your proxy server (you must include "http://",
followed by a colon and the proxy port, if applicable; e.g., SET
HTTP_proxy=http://proxy:8080/
SET HTTP_proxy_user=<your user name> (if required)
SET HTTP_proxy_pass=<your password> (if required)
