Windows systems are not updating when internet is shared with proxy server?

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Issue

  • Microsoft Windows systems unable to fetch update from their server when squid proxy is configured with authentication. However, browsing websites through browsers are working fine.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Squid proxy (with internal/external authentication enabled)

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