KB N°2737: UNDER WINDOWS, PROXY SETTINGS ARE NOT APPLIED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SET (WINHTTP)
Published November 20, 2023Modified on November 26, 2023
Updating certain Microsoft components poses a problem because the workstation (or server) being updated does not retrieve the proxy settings for IE and is therefore not authorized to access the Internet.
Symptom
Updating certain Microsoft components poses a problem because the workstation (or server) being updated does not retrieve the proxy settings for IE and is therefore not authorized to access the Internet.
STEPS
The commands below can be run from the command prompt:
Enter the WinHTTP context:
C:\Windows\system32>netsh
netsh>winhttp
netsh winhttp>
We import the proxy information used by the browser (Internet Explorer):
netsh winhttp>import proxy source=ie
Resolution
The system is now able to retrieve the connection information from the proxy and update itself appropriately.