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One-Liner: Setting Default Web Proxy for Windows Server 2003 and 2008

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Our labs run a mix of Windows Server 2003 and 2008.  Setting a proxy in Windows Server 2003 is as follows:

CMD> proxycfg.exe proxy.fqdn *.first.excluded.domain;*.second.excluded.domain;*.and.so.forth

Windows Server 2008 doesn’t have proxycfg.exe, so the command is:

CMD> netsh.exe winhttp set proxy proxy-server="proxy.fqdn" bypass-list="*.first.excluded.domain;*.second.excluded.domain;*.and.so.forth"

Of course, Windows Server 2003's version of netsh.exe doesn't support setting the proxy...

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  • Anonymous
    January 22, 2014
    Thanks. This saved me time looking for how to do it on W2K3.

  • Anonymous
    January 23, 2014
    Well, look at the good news - this will all be irrelevant come 2015-07-14...