I recently purchased a laptop with Windows 8.1. For some reason, the LAN Connection Settings keep defaulting to use a proxy server (IP Address 127.0.0.1). I am not entirely sure if it happens just after booting or if it only happens when I try to open an app on the tiles screen. In my most recent scenario, I unchecked my Internet Options and "Automatically Detect Settings" was unchecked and proxy settings were unchecked. However, I then tried to open a weather app from the tiles screen and noticed it wouldn't update. I opened Internet Options and saw that it had changed to use a proxy server instead. I have scanned my laptop for viruses and didn't find any. I have also manually set it through registry editing if your an advanced user
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MigrateProxy"=dword:00000001
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
"ProxyHttp1.1"=dword:00000000
"ProxyServer"="http://server:port"

still nothing is working. please help!

Hi,

Could you surf the Internet? Please configure your LAN settings as below:

IP Address 127.0.0.1 represents the local host. Why did you use it as proxy?

I can, but only with my browsers, other applications don't connect. I didn't use the IP as proxy, it just happened automatically, and when i change it, it comes back, automatically. And the proxy enables itself.

Hi,

Try to set "ProxyEnable" value as "0"