MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Proxy issue with MiKTeX 2.8 on Vista Ultimate (64bit)

[polla]

Hi Guys,
I am afraid I am totally computer illiterate, so I do not understand most of what you write up there (e.g. don't know what GUI is, nor what "the environment variable http_proxy set up to the proxy url:" means.
My problem is basically the same as the opening post, save for the fact that I am having the problem with MiXteX 2.8. My machine runs Windows Vista ultimate 64 bits, and when trying to update the packages from pacakge amnager I get teh following

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MiKTeX Problem Report
Message: No Data
Data: get proxy host by name failed in tcp_connect()
Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\PackageManager\PackageManager.cpp
Line: 1512
MiKTeX: 2.8
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, 64-bit (build 7600)
SystemAdmin: yes
PowerUser: no
Root0: C:\Users\pm210\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8
Root1: C:\Users\pm210\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.8
Root2: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.8
Root3: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.8
UserInstall: C:\Users\pm210\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8
UserConfig: C:\Users\pm210\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8
UserData: C:\Users\pm210\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.8
CommonInstall: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.8
CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.8
CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.8

Same when trying to isntall the complete version of MixTex. I am on a university campus and I am behind a proxy server (though I am not entirely sure what that means, please be patient!).

Can anyone suggest what I should do?

many thanks

paola

[polla]

Hi guys, problem solved. In case it might be of use to somebody else, what was needed is simply to enter the proxy address without the "http://" prefix. Also, I was using the wrong port, rathern than insisting with 8080 I should have tried 3128.
paola