Re: Windows Update Prompts for Proxy Server & Error ID: 0x8024401B

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:16:59 +0200

Neil Hobbs wrote:

> When I access the URL: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com using the URL or
> using the command from the 'Help' menu I get to the page where I can select
> the type of scan that I want to perform - the scan I choose does make any
> different. The website begins scanning my PC then prompts me for a username
> and password to be authenticated against a proxy server. I don't access the
> Internet using a proxy server, as I am dial-up user. I then click 'Cancel'
> three times and the following error message is displayed:
>
> Windows Update is unable to connect to the proxy server. For more
> information, see your system administrator.
>
> [Error number: 0x8024401B]
> Can anybody help with this?
Hi

Open a command prompt (Start/Run and then "cmd.exe" without the
quotes").

Run this command to see what proxy configuration WU uses:

proxycfg

As you don't have a proxy, you will need status

   Direct access (no proxy server).

If it reports anything else, to set direct access:

proxycfg -d

To get more help on proxycfg:

proxycfg -?

Please report back any finding, good or bad :-) 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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