Re: [squid-users] Windows Automatic Update (WAU) and non-transparent squid proxy (was Re: [squid-users] Major malfunction: Squid and Windows Update)

[Linda W]

Thanks for this!  I kept getting error reports from my firewall software 
about
Windows Update continually trying to go direct from behind my Squid proxy.

It's this type of "hidden" information that is an example of
quintessential dislike for working with MS OS's.  It is on my
machine and dated Aug 18, 2001, so I'm guessing it was
released with the original XP, but do they say *anything*
about it in their documentation?  At least the tool is
self documenting enough...
The output of the program on my machine was:
C:\> proxycfg
Current WinHTTP proxy settings under
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
   SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\
     WinHttpSettings :
   Flags        = PROXY_TYPE_DIRECT
   Proxy Server = -not set-
   Bypass List  = -not set-
C:\> proxycfg -h
WinHTTP Proxy Configuration Tool
usage:
   proxycfg -?  : to view help information
   proxycfg     : to view current winhttp proxy settings (in HKLM)
   proxycfg [-d] [-p <server-name> [<bypass-list>]]
       -d : set PROXY_TYPE_DIRECT
       -p : set PROXY_TYPE_PROXY, proxy server, and optional bypass list
   proxycfg -u  : to set winhttp proxy settings
                  from current user's manual setting (in HKCU)
---------
   I used "-u" and it seems to have created the correct entries.  The 
entry in the
registry under Connections, "WinHttpSettings", is one long binary blob 
so it's
not something that can be easily edited or interpreted by hand.

Thanks!
Linda
Kevin wrote:
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