How do I disable the Firefox 3.6 updater?

My updater cannot complete the updating because it claims that
my computer is running "another version of Firefox" when it
isn't. This message appears and my version of of Firefox will
not start unless the update is completed. The updating process
will then restart with the "another version of Firefox"
reoccuring, without the use of the brower.
I suspect that by disabling the updater I will no longer have
this problem.
What should I do?
Regards, Mike Momich

After more research, I answered my own question. To load all group tabs upon startup, change the value of the following entry in about:config:
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