Sometimes you may need an internet access through some proxy servers. There are a lot of reasons for this. Some people in corporate environment need to change proxy settings to access an internet, some people use proxy to connect to a remote server. This article describes how to change proxy settings in Internet Explorer.

To change manually your IE proxy settings use the following steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options.

3. Click the Connections Tab.

4. Click on Lan Settings button.

• Now you should have in front of your screen the following dialog box.

5. Check the box marked "Use a proxy server for your LAN ..."

• In case if you want to disable proxy settings clear this check box.

6. In the Address field type your proxy address and in the Port field type your proxy port.

7. Click the "OK" button