re: 'Automatic Windows Update' fails silently behind upstream proxies.
Thursday, November 27, 2003 at 5:41 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kevin
(2497 messages posted)
That's exactly the problem on the network I manage, and SUS worked perfectly for
us.
On Thursday, November 27, 2003 at 4:25 am, msec wrote:
>Regarding Enabling
>or Disabling Automatic Windows Update:
>
>Automatic Windows Update silently does not update if you have a non-transparent
>web proxy between you and the Windows Update site. This is because AWU does not
take
>account of any proxy settings which may be required, so it fails to connect to the
>update server. It doesn't log the failed attempt.
>Running 'Windows Update' manually works because it runs within IE, and hence
uses
>IE's proxy settings.
>The only workaround I am aware of is to install Software Update Services on a
>machine which can be accessed without going through a proxy (e.g a server on the
>local network). SUS allows configuration of proxy settings for its own use.
>
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