When a proxy server is used instead of a firewall, the license mechanism may not be able to connect to the PathSolutions license server on the Internet to validate its configuration. Thus, the program may fail to connect when it initially tries to validate its license, or may fail in the future if the proxy server is not properly configured.

Microsoft has included a different proxy server configuration tool for different versions of its operating system. Use the below procedure associated with your OS version.

Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003/XP (32bit)
Internet Explorer should be configured with the correct proxy server settings. Once that is completed, validate that it is working by browsing to the following test page:

https://sub01.nlsubscription.com/test.htm

If the test page works, the same proxy server configuration can be utilized by PathSolutions to validate its license. Enter the following command to configure Windows to use the same proxy configuration as IE:

proxycfg –u

At this point, you should be able to validate your license against the license server using SSL.

Microsoft Windows Vista/2008/7 (32bit)
Internet Explorer should be configured with the correct proxy server settings. Once that is completed, validate that it is working by browsing to the following test page: https://sub01.nlsubscription.com/test.htm
If the test page works, the same proxy server configuration can be utilized by PathSolutions to validate its license. Enter the following command to configure Windows to use the same proxy configuration as IE:

NetSH WinHTTP import proxy source=ie

At this point, you should be able to validate your license against the license server using SSL.

Microsoft Windows Vista/2008/7 (64bit)
Internet Explorer should be configured with the correct proxy server settings. Once that is completed, validate that it is working by browsing to the following test page: https://sub01.nlsubscription.com/test.htm
If the test page works, the same proxy server configuration can be utilized by PathSolutions to validate its license. A special 32bit version of the NetSH program must be run to do the configuration.

Use the following procedure:

  1.  Open a CMD window
  2.  Change directory to C:\Windows\SysWOW64
  3.  Enter: NetSH WinHTTP import proxy source=ie
At this point, you should be able to validate your license against the license server using SSL.