Re: How does Auto-Update detect it has an Internet connection
From: jj (jj_at_spammerswelcome.kom)
Date: 08/22/03
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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 17:09:30 -0700
does your proxy route ICMP packets? (that is, can you ping
windowsupdate.microsoft.com from a proxy'd machine?) that would be my first
guess.
"Steve Krapes" <s-k-r-a-p-e-s@att.com> wrote in message
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> The Automatic Update feature of XP (set to
> automatically download & install critical updates) has
> recently started to fail on all our PCs that are within
> our company's internal network. The internal network has
> connectivity to the internet via a proxy. The web based
> windows update software works fine. My assumption is
> that the Automatic Update software no longer detects that
> it has an internet connection, probably because the
> target URL (or whatever it uses) is being blocked by our
> firewalls. If I knew what the Automatic Update software
> used to determine if it had an internet connection, then
> I could investigate if the firewall was indeed blocking
> access. Thanks
> - steve
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