How to disable automatic updates for free reader

Nothing I read in these forums is the same as on my computer. I have XP pro and IE 8+ ---the menus never shows what people here tell to do to shut off the update notices. Please help.

That may depend on your installed Reader version; for Reader XI it is under Edit | Preferences | Updater:

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Is there any way to disable automatic updates in order to do a corporate deployment?
I've tried playing around with the preference files but no matter what I do it keeps coming up with the update checkbox checked.
From looking at the posts on this forum it looks like Apple doesn't really care about the free version of QuickTime and that's pretty sad because a lot of people use that to evaluate and then go on to purchase Pro, but I guess you don't pop up on Apple's radar until you pay up. Kind of like MS!

The easy solution, then, is either a) to boycott anything that uses QuickTime (as I do, because the player is so annoying) or b) you could uninstall the Apple Software Update program in the Control Panel in case it's doing the update nonsense and ignoring the preference inside QuickTime not to update.

Disable automatic updates in Adobe Reader DC?

Is it possible to disable automatic updates in the Adobe Reader DC? It's not under preferences where it used to be.

In an academic environment, the inability to disable updates is unacceptable. We have numerous computers that we intentionally never update. For example, all student computers never update; they are frozen with a program called DeepFreeze.
And even for our employee machines, no users have admin rights, so they cannot update the program themselves.
In addition, registry hacks are an unacceptable alternative to us. If something goes wrong, we have to explain to our CIO that we used a registry hack, and that is not going to go over well.
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How to get automatic updates for P750 custom build

I recently purchased a custom built P750 and want to sign up for automatic updates. There is no option for just a P750 which is my complete model number.
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Windows HP SP1 with all updates installed at this time.
How can I get automatic updates for this machine and operating system and if so, how do I get signed up for those?
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Jon
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Satellite P750 (PSAY3U-0RF03H)
All computers in the same part-number family (PSAY3U) are essentially the same. The drivers and utilities for this one should work.
Satellite P750-BT4G22 (PSAY3U-08703H)
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Get those here.
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How to disable auto update for corporate installation

I've scoured the forums for this information and was not successful locating a viable answer.
We need to update 1500 corporate clients to the latest version of QT, but we need the auto update feature turned off when the upgrade is complete. We do this for two reasons: 1) Users do not have permissions to run the installer, so even if they wanted to run the update they would be unsuccessful, and 2) we need to test any updates before they are distributed to the general population.
For past versions we created a QTP file with the auto update turned off, then placed it into the C:\documents and settings\all users\application date\apple computer\quicktime folder. This method is no longer successful.
Changing the settings for each individual user is not an option, we need a method that will change the setting for any past, current, or future user on all of our computers.
Any guidance is appreciated.

Trying to figure out the same thing. I came across the following two links but I don't think they will disable the updates to community help itself. So from what I can gather you need to do the following:
Turn off autoupdates to AIR (See below)
Turn off updates to Community Help (No clue how to do this)
Install Local content (See below)
Disables updates to AIR
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/admin/WS485a42d56cd1964167ea49bd124ef17d52a-7ff5.html#WS48 5a42d56cd1964167ea49bd124ef17d52a-7ff2
Turn off internet access/help and copy local help
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/849/cpsid_84992.html
Turn off internet access (not sure if you need to do this one and the one above or just the one above)
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/846/cpsid_84665.html
You can download the latest version of AIR and Community Help.
Link to latest version of community help
http://www.adobe.com/support/chc/
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How to disable automatic updates

Today, for the very first time, updating Adobe came with the notice it would make automatic updates the
default setting. It said one could change that by going to Update Adobe Preferences. However,
every single button on the application does not yield such an update.
FYI - I have some back ground in electronic warfare and internet attacks. I believe automatic updates
are a dangerous setting in two instances:
1) You are running a program (such as a compiler or critical low level editor that will fail if it does
not have total control) which can be interrupted by or be messed up by the install; also most
installers do not want to be running at the same time as another installer is running;
2) You are the victim of a peculiar kind of cyber attack that USES auto updates to DELIVER malware.
For this reason, users with expertise and appropriate systems need to be able to control when
updates happen. The notice system is fine. This "you must do it" and the hard to find way to turn
it off (assuming it exists) isn't fine. FYI the adobe information base article on the subject
- if you call it - refuses to load and says it is no longer available!

el cid wrote:
However, every single button on the application does not yield such an update.
I am not quite sure what you mean by that; don't you see this:

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How do I disable automatic updates?

I am going to have to use Firefox version 28 forever, exposing myself to many security risks in the process, because I do not like the drastic redesign of the interface in version 29 and Mozilla have not included an option to switch to the old interface.
Many support forum posts argue that bringing back the old interface is a 'simple' matter, but it is not. I have spent many hours on two PCs so far, fiddling with the recommended third-party add-ons (e.g. Classic Theme Restorer) in the attempt to get the browser looking the old way again. I can ascertain with confidence that it is NOT possible to get things looking exactly as they did before, and certainly not looking like the particular customized setup I had myself.
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How can I nix automatic updates for good?

Hi,
It is true that the Classic Theme Restorer add-on will NOT bring back all of your customized settings/appearance on Firefox 28, but it will help a little It's recommended that you stay on the latest version to receive the latest security fixes and bug patches but you're free to downgrade if you want.
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app.update.auto - false 
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How do i disable automatic updating

''Duplicate post, continue here - [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/816161]''
how do I go about disabling automatic updates?

Great, i can log in with another identity, something i don't have OR i can go muck around in the program files for FF. Usual ridiculous geeky stuff from Mozulla. no place to just turn it off.
So every time an update is coming, if I am lucky i will be notified and i can turn it down. go safari.

How do I disable automatic updating? I am about to switch to another browser because of the frequency with which I am delayed by an automatic update without the option to put it off to another time.

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