On 5/5/05, D & E Radel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > There are known issues where the automatic update feature may not be > > able to make requests out to the Internet at all if you are using a > > configured proxy server (not transparency, but setting the proxy server > > and port in control panel, and or using PAC). > > Are there any ways around this? It would seem that Microsoft have borked > their auto-update tool, if it cannot use a configured proxy.
Yes, there is a fix. While "Windows Automatic Update" on WinXP doesn't inherently pick up proxy settings for IE from the Control Panel, there is a command-line tool called "proxycfg" (installed via SP2?) which can force WAU to use a proxy. Apparently there is also a way to set the proxy for WAU via directly manipulating the registry, if you're cool with that. Kevin Kadow
