"SrDhUS" <SrDhUS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I get the following error when I try to add a web reference using Web
> Reference Dialog (VS .Net 2003)
>
> Error "The proxy settings on this computer are not configured correctly
for
> web discovery."
>
> MSDN says:
>
> "The proxy settings on this computer are not configured correctly for Web
> discovery.
> This error appears in the Add Web Reference dialog box if you are
developing
> on a machine that is behind a firewall and a proxy server has not been
> explicitly specified for Internet Explorer connections. You need to
> explicitly specify the address and port of the proxy server on your
network
> in order to make services outside the firewall available to the Web
Browser
> in the Add Web Reference dialog box. The Auto-detect proxy option for
> Internet Explorer connections is ignored by .NET Framework. You may need
to
> ask your network administrator for this proxy information."
>
> I have a dial-up connection and don't have a proxy server or firewall. Let
> me know what I should do to get this fixed.
>