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PowerShell 3 installs without help files. You download these from Microsoft using the command update-help. Use the following PowerShell to make the .Net web client pass your session credentials to the (auto detected) proxy. Now you can wget, curl or update-help $wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $wc.Proxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials update-help This tip was from_:_ http://blog.stangroome.com/2013/08/02/powershell-update-help-and-an-authenticating-proxy/

Have a server app (NetApp SnapDrive 7) which installs a .Net service. The service fails to start and the MSI package rolls back. It fails to start because it’s doing publisher cert checking and the servers don’t have internet access via proxy. The workaround offered was to edit the app .config file and add Described in this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629393(v=vs.110).aspx And: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.permissions.publisheridentitypermission(v=vs.110).aspx Found this cert check can be turned off per machine in machine.