That sounds very complicated Derek. There is another option but it MUST be disabled soon as you have used it.
See if enabling it will allow you to untick the proxy setting Robert.
By the way are all your virus scans coming up clean?
Hello @ hazelnut - I read your link, and it does look like a much simpler solution than mine. Either way, if Robert can't resolve this issue, it may mean reinstalling Windows 7 as a last resort - an even more time consuming solution and never very pleasant - take my word for it.
Also - I agree with hazelnut - try booting into Safe Mode and perform a full system scan with your antivirus, there may be gremlins at work here.
if you have a firewall enabled please disable it or an an exception for reimagerepair.exe & try again .
reimagerepair.exe isnt my Windows Repair program :-)
You clicked on the ad at the top of the stie instead of the download link just a little further down the page. The actual file name for Tweaking.com - Windows Repair installer is tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio_setup.exe or the portable zip file tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip
When you run my tool make sure to have it do a registry backup first just in case. System restore really isnt needed as no files are replaced or moved with the repairs, 95% of the repairs have to do with permissions and the Windows registry, which is where about 99% of Windows problems come from lol
Let me know if the program was able to help you at all.
And a side note for anyone else, my Windows Repair doesnt not require internet access what so ever. The only time it accesses the net is when you first open it so it can check if there is a updated versions, which you can even turn off. Other than that it never touches in internet and has no need to.
Shane