From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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.

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for that. I wonder the easiest way to roll that out to a large number of Windows XP machines. Must be able to write some script and deploy via Group Policy. Not really the scope of this email list, but no doubt a re-occurring problem for Squid users.

I have just read about Windows Server Update Services which is seemingly a free service for Server 2003 and has a client for each XP machine. Not sure which is the best route to take though.

Thanks for your insights.
Dietrich




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