Thursday, July 05, 2012

Configure Windows Update to Use a HTTP Proxy Server

When not-transparent HTTP proxy is used, Windows updates, and other programs that use HTTP,
require special configuration to work.

How to Configure Windows Update to Use a Proxy Server - O'Reilly Answers:
"if you have configured Internet Explorer proxy server settings correctly, you can import settings from Internet Explorer into WinHTTP by using the following command. 
(Windows Vista, 7, 8, 2008, 2008R2, 2012):

> netsh winhttp import proxy source=ie

To check current configuration:

> netsh winhttp show proxy

On Windows XP and 2003 the command is

> proxycfg -i

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