Disable (via registry) Internet Explorer Automatic Configuration Proxy

I had a server that was receiving proxy configuration for Internet Explorer via group policy.  The policy was configuring the "Automatically detect settings" option and not allowing me to change it (it was grey'd out).

You can modify this setting via the registry:

• Open Regedit
• Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
• Modify the "DefaultConnectionSettings"
• The 9th bit of this key controls the setting.  The possible values of this that I'm aware of are:
• 01 - Nothing is checked ("Automatically detect settings" or "Use automatic configuration script")
• 05 - Only "Use automatic configuration script" is checked
• 09 - Only "Automatically detect settings" is checked
• 0d - Both are checked
• Close Internet Explorer and open it again to verify the change has taken effect.