Comments on: How To Configure Windows Update Proxy Server Settings In Windows Vista SP1?

By: Yagyesh

Yagyesh — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:07:11 +0000

I am using Windows 7 Pro. I have set Proxy Server but only for “http” and “https”. Now when I run the cmd with elevated privileges, and run the command “netsh winhttp show proxy” it says, “Direct access “. Why is it like that, and how to see these settings through the command line? Thanks.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:47:58 +0000

“laptop users who access Internet via proxy server in corporate network with WPAD feature enabled are likely have problem to run Windows Update after switching to direct network”

this is the exact issue I’ve been having but with Windows XP. I even logged a help request via microsoft, which ended up being no help.

Of course with XP it’s done via proxycfg.exe, but even there the connection was listed as no proxy. I simply “reset” the connection to be no proxy again (even though it was already set like that) and now Windows Update works fine and doesn’t look for my work proxy server anymore.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:56:16 +0000

but where in the registry does that value get saved?

By: Walker

Walker — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:33:55 +0000

@Thomas, you’re not the first but the certainly the last to comment about the black theme!

After 4+ years, the body is now whiten!

By: thomas

thomas — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:27:58 +0000

thanx for this article.

you may reconsider, whether the BLACK background is really needed.
it is no fun to read through this side.

jast as a hint…
best wishes,
thomas

By: Walker

Walker — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:04:27 +0000

IE proxy settings is different from WinHTTP proxy setting, therefore whatever changes made to WinHTTP does not affect IE proxy server setting.

By: Tareq Battat

Tareq Battat — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:22:40 +0000

I have windows 7, set and reset proxy and testing it with show command going fine, but this didn’t reflecting and affecting IE proxy setting and no changes happened to it’s configuration. Please I need to enable/disable proxy of IE from a batch file.