Can't run GPG --recv-keys under Windows Vista.

[Patrick Brunschwig]

Moses wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed gpg on Windows Vista recently, but seems not all the
> functions work well when I try to receive keys from keyserver. Here is
> the command I typed:
> 
>        gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys xxxxxxxx
> 
> After hit RETURN, I got errors immediately like this:
> 
>        gpgkeys: hkp fetch error 1: unsupported protocol
> 
> The same command works well on Windows XP.
> 
> I've checked the environment variables %PATH%, and gpg's directory is in it.
> 
> Any ideas?

This is a well-known issue on Vista. See e.g. here for the solution:
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-March/030595.html

-Patrick