Python urllib.request.urlopen() returning error 10061?

Question

I\'m trying to download the HTML of a page (http://www.google.com in this case) but I\'m getting back an error. Here is my interactive prompt session:

Answer 1

urllib takes the proxy settings from Internet Explorer, which is usually under Tools->Internet Options->Connections->Lan Settings

If you have a proxy, make sure it's correct in IE, or set it when using urllib. If you don't use a proxy to browse, make sure that the proxy settings in IE are empty.

I was struggling with this issue few hours until I realized that a 3rd party app I once installed changed the setting in IE, while i was surfing happily in Firefox without a proxy.

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Another solution is in the this link which shows how to force urllib to ignore IE's proxy settings