Configuring a System Network Proxy (Windows)

The procedure is as follows:

1. In the Windows 10 OS, choose Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced system settings. See Figure 1.
   Figure 1 Advance system settings
   
2. In the System Properties dialog box that is displayed, click Environment Variables. See Figure 2.
   Figure 2 Environment Variables
   
3. In the System variables area, click New. In the displayed New System Variable dialog box, set Variable name and Variable value. See Figure 3.
   • Variable name: http_proxy or https_proxy (add it twice)
   • Variable value: http://user:password@proxyserverip:port

     In the preceding commands, proxyserverip indicates the IP address of the proxy server and port indicates the port number.

   Figure 3 New System Variable
   
4. After the network proxy is added, click OK. See Figure 4.
   Figure 4 System variables