# Initial "\] update" fails on Windows 10 Pro with Julia 1.1.1
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initial-update-fails-on-windows-10-pro-with-julia-1-1-1/24559
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initial-update-fails-on-windows-10-pro-with-julia-1-1-1/24559 "2019-05-24T09:58:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Daneel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Daneel)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initial-update-fails-on-windows-10-pro-with-julia-1-1-1/24559/1 "2019-05-24T09:58:29Z")
We just received a nice new Windows 10 Pro computer and my first step was to setup Julia 1.1.1. It installed without a problem but fails on the initial `] update`. It gives me the following error.
```julia
ERROR: failed to clone from https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git, error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to connect to github.com: )
```
Out institute has an automatic proxy. The same setup procedure works on other Windows 10 Pro computers on the same network. I’ve tried following [this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-packages-behind-the-proxy/23298/6) in case that might help.
What is wrong or how can I further diagnose the problem?
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### Author:  [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initial-update-fails-on-windows-10-pro-with-julia-1-1-1/24559/2 "2019-05-24T12:05:53Z")
I would install Git then open a Powershell.
git clone [GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git)
ie test from command line outside of Julia. I have Windows 10 Home on my laptop.
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### Author:  [@Daneel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Daneel)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initial-update-fails-on-windows-10-pro-with-julia-1-1-1/24559/3 "2019-05-29T11:48:14Z")
https doesn’t work but for some reason http _does_. This is only via the Windows command line.
```julia
git clone http://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git
```
It’s still not a good solution because I still have to be able to install the various packages and it must work for other uses on the same computer.
I tried setting it to default to http but that doesn’t seem to have taken either.
```julia
git config --global url."http://".insteadOf git://
```
If I get it to somehow work I’ll post the answer here.
**Update:** Now git:// works but Julia defaults to https://. 😒
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### Author:  [@Daneel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Daneel)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/initial-update-fails-on-windows-10-pro-with-julia-1-1-1/24559/4 "2019-06-03T11:56:04Z")
johnh suggested a [workaround](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-git-settings/24730/2) in an answer to another of my posts. It works in a `try` statement for my initial setup script.
```julia
using Pkg
try
Pkg.update()
catch
Pkg.setprotocol!("git")
Pkg.update()
end
```
If I find an answer to the root problem I will still post it here.
Here is additional information for the computer in question.
```julia
Windows 10.0.17763
Julia Version 1.1.1
Commit 55e36cc308 (2019-05-16 04:10 UTC)
Platform Info:
OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
```