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re: 'Automatic Windows Update' fails silently behind upstream proxies.
Friday, June 24, 2005 at 1:51 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Phillip
(1 messages posted)
Ok I found how to correct for my office (except we always bypass the corporate proxy
server)
Add the following to the file c:\Windows\system32\drivers\ets\hosts.
127.0.0.1 wpad.[Hostname]
127.0.0.1 wpad.[hostname minus 1st dot]
127.0.0.1 wpad.[hostname minus 2nd dot]
For example
127.0.0.1 wpad.auto.cs.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 wpad.cs.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 wpad.microsoft.com
Then run the following from a command prompt
net stop wuauserv
net start wuauserv
hope it helps.
- Phillip
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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