No update, and interesting message box...

[Rick Brewster]

Yeah that dialog box was a bizarre problem in Beta 4 and should be fixed in Beta 5. Also, we don't support proxies that require authentiction, although if that's not the case for you then definitely let us know.

[Rick Brewster]

Are you able to access the following file with Internet Explorer?

http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/updates/versions.txt

It should look like this:

DownloadPageUrl=http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/download.htm

StableVersions=2.1.1958.27164
BetaVersions=2.5.2129.31201

2.1.1958.27164_Name=Paint.NET v2.1b
2.1.1958.27164_NetFxVersion=1.1.4322
2.1.1958.27164_InfoUrl=http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/roadmap.htm#v2_1
2.1.1958.27164_ZipUrl=http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/files/zip/PaintDotNet_2_1b.zip
2.1.1958.27164_ZipUrlSize=4910642
2.1.1958.27164_FullZipUrl=http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/files/zip/PaintDotNet_2_1b_Full.zip
2.1.1958.27164_FullZipUrlSize=27744550

2.5.2129.31201_Name=Paint.NET v2.5 Beta 5
2.5.2129.31201_NetFxVersion=1.1.4322
2.5.2129.31201_InfoUrl=http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/roadmap.htm#v2_5
2.5.2129.31201_ZipUrl=http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/updates/PaintDotNet_2_5_Beta5.zip
2.5.2129.31201_ZipUrlSize=1239746
2.5.2129.31201_FullZipUrl=http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/updates/PaintDotNet_2_5_Beta5_Full.zip
2.5.2129.31201_FullZipUrlSize=42727542

[Rick Brewster]

What type of proxy do you have set up in Internet Explorer?