If you need to change the proxy settings for the any of the system account like Network Service you can use the “bitsAdmin” command as shown in the following example:

bitsAdmin /Util /SetIEProxy NETWORKSERVICE MANUAL_PROXY [myProxy]:[myPort]

You can find the complete reference for this command at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa362813.aspx

Thanks,

Lito

Last week I faced an issue when trying to download a clickOnce application using IE7. After browsing the download link, IE did nothing but showed a blank page, or actually it got closed.

Finally, I realized that this was caused because some security settings where missing. In order to workaround this, use the following steps:

1. Open IE
2. Go to Tools -> Internet options
3. Security Tab –> Click “Custom Level…” button for the Internet Zone

4. Enable .Net Framework-reliant components as depicted below:

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Lito

Microsoft Architecture Strategy Team has just shipped a new version of their LitwareHR Sample Application. I’m proud to say that I was part of the team who helped them to achieve this amazing milestone

Among other things, this release includes:

• Upgraded platform to VS 2008 Beta 2 and Windows Server 2008 RC0
• Upgraded codebase
• Simple RSS support
• Simple REST interfaces
• Enhanced data access for increased performance
• Integration with Silverlight Streaming for "Video Resumes" feature
• A new version of the Smart Client & integrated ClickOnce deployment

You can download the sample application from Codeplex using this link.

Also you can find more information in this post by Gianpaolo Carraro.
Stay tuned to Gianpaolo’s and Eugenio’s blog for more information.

Thanks,
Lito