How do I apply WinHTTP proxy settings domain-wide?

Posted by Oliver Salzburg on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Oliver Salzburg
Published on 2012-09-13T14:27:01Z Indexed on 2012/09/13 15:40 UTC
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We're already configuring Internet Explorer proxy settings through group policy and it works great. Sadly, I've recently run into multiple issues where those settings are ignored by certain services.

I realized that these service have one thing in common. They use WinHTTP, which has its own proxy settings. Now I'm asking myself how to apply those across the whole domain.

I realize that I could create a logon script and simply run netsh winhttp import proxy source=ie, but, from experience I know that these settings require a reboot to take effect. So this wouldn't help me at all in a logon script.

So, how can I do it?

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