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Windows Server 2019 not using WPAD file
Hi, Has anyone seen an issue where IE is configured to autodetect, downloads the wpad file but then still appears to not use the proxy. I have a Windows 10 machine using CrEdge which works with t...
Have you tried the Microsoft Edge too?
It is recommended to use Microsoft Edge.
It is recommended to use Microsoft Edge.
Edge isn't part of Server 2019 and the legacy edge isn't supported anymore. CrEdge is based on Chromium so would expect is to be the same as Chrome. The issue seems to be around the use of WinHTTP to discovery the proxy.
- Microsoft Edge is the replacement for Internet Explorer and you may download it from: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business/download
Just select Windows x64 bit (considering you are using x64 bit version of Windows Server) and it will work.Reza_Ameri been through this, CrEdge works as expected (it doesn't use WinHTTP to perform WPAD decisions). Weirdly it only appears to be an issue on servers that are promoted to DCs (I think, I need to do some more testing before I am sure)
- Thank you for update, actually Internet Explorer is for backward compatibility and the recommendation is to use Microsoft Edge as the default browser.