System Update v3.14.0007 - Unable to connect to Proxy Server

[o1sowise]

ThinkVantage System Update
Version 3.14.0007
Build date: 2008-4-29
Unable to connect to Proxy Server

I've been getting this for a few weeks now.
It worked for months in a row.
Same thing happened to me last year: it works for months then stopped until the next release came out.

Is this just me, or are others getting this too?