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SimonR
Apr 08, 2021Brass Contributor
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...
Reza_Ameri
Apr 09, 2021Silver Contributor
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.
Just select Windows x64 bit (considering you are using x64 bit version of Windows Server) and it will work.
SimonR
Apr 12, 2021Brass Contributor
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)
- Reza_AmeriApr 12, 2021Silver ContributorThank you for update, actually Internet Explorer is for backward compatibility and the recommendation is to use Microsoft Edge as the default browser.