Microsoft World Wide Telescope
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The Microsoft World Wide Telescope (MSWWT) aims to be a bit like Google Sky but obviously most people will prefer the Google one because it's Google who can do no wrong, apparently.
MSWWT is an application, rather than a webapp, and as such has to be installed on the worksation (much like Google Earth) but has immediate problems if you go through a proxy.
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Proxy issues
Symptoms
MSWWT loads but then can't find any servers. Unfortunately, MSWWT doesn't allow you to specify the proxy in the GUI but you have to get your hands dirty in the config files.
Fix
Browse to the config file WWTExplorer.exe.config in c:\Program Files\Microsoft Research\Microsoft WorldWide Telescope and edit it in Notepad. Toward the bottom of the file add:
<system.net>
<defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true">
<proxy proxyaddress="http://bloxx.bcgs.local:3128" bypassonlocal="true"/>
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>
It is important to remember this file is XML, therefore, any tag you open you must close!
