Why did auto update stop working - check box greyed out!

I suddenly realized it had been months since I had seen an update at home, but was getting them regularly on my office machine. Checking help about I found I was running 3.0.6, I tried to click the check for updates and it was greyed out. Checking options/advanced/updates I found the box was checked but greyed out.
I had turned off checking for updates in my wife's account as she has no privilege and is not computer literate. I run my account without privileges but provide admin password when requested.
My solution obviously was to download the current version (3.6.11) and no longer are any boxes greyed out.
Question is - have I set up Netscape in a way that will result in the problem reoccurring?

None taken. Firefox is built off what used to be the Netscape browser; common parentage.
You might need to login to an admin account to update Firefox with Win7, but that's purely conjecture. 3.0.6 is so old that I wouldn't worry about it anymore; see if 3.6.11 updates automatically or from the Check for Updates menu item once 3.6.12 is released.

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