On Sunday 15 January 2006 18:24, Jon Banks wrote: > I created the solution to make Squid work with Windows Update as > suggested by Brian E. Conklin on Sept. 9, 2005. I can get to Windows > Update, but it takes forever (or 10+ minutes) just for windows update to > tell me what files I need to download. Then, it make take 5+ minutes > per file download. The downloads as slow and they tend to pause for 2-5 > minutes in between each file.
I can't tell for sure but last time I analyzed the situation (especially in connection with XP service pack 2) it turned out that many updates are broken. Windows Update pulls a download through the proxy but then tries a direct connection to the internet without talking to the proxy. The developers at Redmond often seem to assume that everyone (even security-enforcing companies) has a direct unlimited internet connection. The slowdown occurred here because after a while the partly update gives up (probably a timeout in the software) and another part that may hopefully be more carefully programmed succeeds in running another update. > Does anyone have a > solution as to how to make these downloads faster or at least a reason > that I can tell my boss? Thnaks. You wouldn't like your to tell your boss the ideas I have a mind. ;) Kindly Christoph -- Never trust a system administrator who wears a tie and suit.
