From: "Kevin" <kkadow@xxxxxxxxx>
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
