From: "Geo" 

Rich's idea sounds promising. Did it work with windows update in the past?

Geo.

"John Beckett"  wrote in
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> I haven't investigated yet, but a quick attempt at Windows Update here
> did not work (XP SP2). Using netstat showed that the computer was
> attempting to access some external IP (http), but the computer is
> configured to use a proxy server and direct access is not available.
>
> That is, the Windows Update should use the proxy, but it didn't.
>
> John
>

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