disable automatic updates for hundreds of machines
The GUI method is simply not feasible. One of our software packages does not run on the newer version of Firefox. I need a way (Registry, ini file, cfg file) of disabling Firefox automatic updates once and for all.
Active Directory 2003 R2 function level Hundreds of machines in dozens of locations 1 network administrator slowly losing his patience
I have Googled until I am blue in the fingertips. All I can find is similar complaints with no solutions.
Ed
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What you should do, rather than disable updates (a horrible administration decision which leaves your machines and users vulnerable to known security exploits and bugs) you should either:
- Fix your software
- Use Firefox ESR, which is meant for large organizations. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
You can use a mozilla.cfg file in the Firefox program folder to lock prefs or specify new (default) values.
Place a file local-settings.js in the defaults\pref folder where you also find the file channel-prefs.js to specify using mozilla.cfg.
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); // use this to disable the byte-shift
See:
You can use these functions in mozilla.cfg:
defaultPref(); // set new default value pref(); // set pref, but allow changes in current session lockPref(); // lock pref, disallow changes
You can consider to lock these prefs:
- lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
- lockPref("app.update.auto", false);
Thanks so much for this answer. I was about to jump out of the Window because of this &§%$ AutoUpdate function...
Just let me add a little comment...
This:
- lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
- lockPref("app.update.auto", false);
sets the FFX to "auto-check" and manual installation.
This (lines just switched):
- lockPref("app.update.auto", false);
- lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
fully disables the auto-update and even greys out the Manual update function in the "about" window.