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How do I permanently turn off Firefox updates?

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darrenmwinter
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I am a software tester, and have a wide range of clients that regularly wish to test in versions of FF going back to 3.6, so I need to choose when I update FF. I have tried to turn off automatic updates but with little success. The first time, I just unchecked the three "Automatically check for updates" boxes, and FF went straight back and updated to FF9. Then I just checked the FF box but also ticked the 'Ask me what I want to do' and of course now I get pestered with update messages all the time.

Is there a bug with the updating process? I would have thought that unselecting the FF box would have been enough but even now I'm getting pop-ups telling me to update even though the FF box is not checked.

I am a software tester, and have a wide range of clients that regularly wish to test in versions of FF going back to 3.6, so I need to choose when I update FF. I have tried to turn off automatic updates but with little success. The first time, I just unchecked the three "Automatically check for updates" boxes, and FF went straight back and updated to FF9. Then I just checked the FF box but also ticked the 'Ask me what I want to do' and of course now I get pestered with update messages all the time. Is there a bug with the updating process? I would have thought that unselecting the FF box would have been enough but even now I'm getting pop-ups telling me to update even though the FF box is not checked.

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alan_r
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Options>Advanced>Firefox Updates>Check "Never check for updates(not recommended:security risk)".

I've heard of the option "Check for updates, but let me choose whether to install them" being over-ridden.

I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't update Flash -

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

Modified by alan_r