Topic last updated—November 2007

By default, software update files are downloaded from the Internet using the credentials of the logged-on user and the proxy settings configured for the user in Internet Explorer. The UpdDwnldCfg.exe utility is available on the Configuration Manager 2007 DVD and on every site server. It can be used to modify the server and account credentials used to access the Internet through the following components:

When running the UpdDwnldCfg.exe utility to modify the server and account credentials, the following switches can be used:

Use the following procedures to modify the server and account settings used when software update files are downloaded from the Internet and to remove the settings previously configured by using the UpdDwnldCfg.exe utility.

To modify the server and account settings used when downloading software update files

  • On the site server, run <ConfigMgrInstallationFolder>\bin\<platform>\<language>\UpdDwnldCfg /s:<servername>:<port> /u:<username>. For example, for x86 and English (US), run <ConfigMgrInstallationFolder>\bin\i386\00000409\UpdDwnldCfg /s:MyProxy:80 /u:MyAccount.

To remove the server and account settings previously configured by running upddwnldcfg.exe

  • On the site server, run <ConfigMgrInstallationFolder>\bin\<platform>\<language>\UpdDwnldCfg /clean.

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