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Introduction

To use a proxy server, the operating system and web browser settings must be configured accordingly:

  1. Configure configure the proxy based on your operating system.
  2. Configure the proxy based on your web browser.

Activate proxy settings

(

Microsoft Windows

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  1. Open proxy settings using Windows Start menu or the search bar → type Proxy settings → Open the search result.
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  2. In the next window, locate Use setup script and click Set up.
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  3. Configure as followingtfollowing:
    1. Activate Use setup script.
    2. In the Script address field, enter "http://www.ut.ee/utlib.pac".
    3. Click Save.
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Deactivate proxy settings (Microsoft Windows)

  1. Open Network & internet →  Proxy →  from Use setup script select Set up.
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  2. Make sure Use setup script is turned off and click Save.
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Activate proxy settings (

Microsoft Edge

)

  1. Open Windows Start menu or the search bar and type Internet Options to open Internet options configuration.
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  2. In the next window, open the Connections tab and click LAN settings.
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  3. In the next window, make sure a checkmark is present before the Automatically detect settings button and click OK.
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  4. If the last step did not work for some reason, try adding a checkmark in front of Use automatic configuration script and enter "http://www.ut.ee/utlib.pac" in  in the Address field. Then click OK.
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Deactivate proxy settings (Microsoft Edge)
  1. To disable the UT proxy on Microsoft Edge, open LAN settings and remove the checkmark before Automatically detect settings/Use automatic configuration script. Then click OK.
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Activate proxy settings (

Mozilla Firefox

)

  1. NB! Before changing Mozilla Firefox settings, you have to had followed the instructions for configuring the operating system's proxy server.
    From the Mozilla Firefox menu, select Options (three parallel lines on the top-right of your screen) and select Settings.
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  2. Scroll down and from the Network Settings section, select Settings.
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  3. Select Use system proxy settings and click OK.
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  4. If that did not work for some reason, select Automatic proxy configuration URL and insert "http://www.ut.ee/utlib.pac" into  into the corresponding field and click OK.
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Deactivate proxy settings (Mozilla Firefox)
  1. In Network Settings, select the No proxy option and click OK.
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Activate proxy settings (

Google Chrome

)

  1. After enabling the Microsoft Windows proxy settings, Google Chrome automatically uses the system settings.'
Deactivate proxy settings (Google Chrome)

Deactivate proxy settings

Microsoft Windows

  1. Open Network & internet →  Proxy →  from Use setup script select Set up.
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  2. Make sure Use setup script is turned off and click Save.
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Microsoft Edge

  1. To disable the UT proxy on Microsoft Edge, open LAN settings and remove the checkmark before Automatically detect settings/Use automatic configuration script. Then click OK.
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Mozilla Firefox

  1. In Network Settings, select the No proxy option and click OK.
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Google Chrome

  1. Google Chrome uses the operating system's (Microsoft Windows) proxy settings. To disable, deactivate Microsoft Windows proxy settings.