KB No. 2737: IN WINDOWS, PROXY SETTINGS ARE NOT APPLIED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ENTERED (WINHTTP)

Updating certain Microsoft components is problematic because the workstation (or server) being updated does not retrieve the proxy settings on IE and is therefore not authorized to access the internet.

Symptom

Updating certain Microsoft components is problematic because the workstation (or server) being updated does not retrieve the proxy settings on IE and is therefore not authorized to access the internet.

STEPS

The following commands must be executed 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 now correctly retrieves the proxy connection information and can therefore update itself properly.